bilt

bilt

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• pilt

Etymology

From Middle High German bilde (“image, shape”), from Old High German bilidi (“image, figure, reflection, replica”), from Proto-Germanic *biliþją (“picture, image, likeness”). Cognate with German Bild.

Noun

bilt n (plural bildar)

1. (Sette Comuni) image, picture

   'S bilt 'me sant'Antòonem ist in alle de stèllar

   The image of St. Anthony is in all of the stables.

   De bildar in de khérchen gaballent saldo.

   The images in churches are always pleasing.

Declension

Declension of bilt – 3rddeclension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	's	bilt	de	bildar
accusative	an	's	bilt	de	bildar
dative	aname	me	bilte	in	bildarn

References

• “bilt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo