hévig
See also: hevig
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German hevec, hebec, from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz. Cognate with Dutch hevig. The form with -v- after Middle High German heven, a variant of the underlying verb heffen, heben (“to lift, heave”).
Adjective
hévig (comparative hévigor, superlative dar hévigorste)
- (Sette Comuni) difficult, hard
- Bostéenan an bàip, och, ist hévig.
- Understanding a woman is difficult, too.
Declension
Positive forms of hévig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist hévig | zi ist hévig | is ist hévig | ze zèint hévig | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hévighe | de héviga | 's hévighe | de hévighen |
| accusative | in hévighen | de héviga | 's hévighe | de hévighen | |
| dative | me hévighen | dar hévighen | me hévighen | in hévighen | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hévigar | an héviga | an hévighes | (khòone) hévighen |
| accusative | an hévighen | an héviga | an hévighes | (khòone) hévighen | |
| dative | aname hévighen | anara hévighen | aname hévighen | (khòonen) hévighen | |
| without article | nominative | hévighe | |||
| accusative | hévighe | ||||
| dative | hévighen | ||||
Comparative forms of hévig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist hévigor | zi ist hévigor | is ist hévigor | ze zèint hévigor | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hévigore | de hévigora | 's hévigore | de hévigorn |
| accusative | in hévigorn | de hévigora | 's hévigore | de hévigorn | |
| dative | me hévigorn | dar hévigorn | me hévigorn | in hévigorn | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hévigorar | an hévigora | an hévigors | (khòone) hévigorn |
| accusative | an hévigorn | an hévigora | an hévigors | (khòone) hévigorn | |
| dative | aname hévigorn | anara hévigorn | aname hévigorn | (khòonen) hévigorn | |
| without article | nominative | hévigore | |||
| accusative | hévigore | ||||
| dative | hévigorn | ||||
Superlative forms of hévig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | èar ist dar hévigorste | zi ist dar hévigorsta | is ist dar hévigorste | ze zèint dar hévigorste | |
| with definite article | nominative | dar hévigorste | de hévigorsta | 's hévigorste | de hévigorsten |
| accusative | in hévigorsten | de hévigorsta | 's hévigorste | de hévigorsten | |
| dative | me hévigorsten | dar hévigorsten | me hévigorsten | in hévigorsten | |
| with indefinite article | nominative | an hévigorstar | an hévigorsta | an hévigorstes | (khòone) hévigorsten |
| accusative | an hévigorsten | an hévigorsta | an hévigorstes | (khòone) hévigorsten | |
| dative | aname hévigorsten | anara hévigorsten | aname hévigorsten | (khòonen) hévigorsten | |
| without article | nominative | hévigorste | |||
| accusative | hévigorste | ||||
| dative | hévigorsten | ||||
Further reading
- “hévig” 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