pridicari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin praedicō, praedicāre. Compare Italian predicare.

Verb

pridicari (past participle pridicatu)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to preach
    pridicari ad un ortu di càvuli ― to talk to a brick wall (literally, “to preach to a cabbage garden”)
    pridicari a li vanchi ― to talk to oneself, to the wind (literally, “to preach to desks”)
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Conjugation
    Conjugation of pridicari (first conjugation)
infinitive pridicari
gerund pridicannu
past participle pridicatu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present prèdicu prèdichi prèdica pridicamu pridicati prèdicanu
imperfect pridicavu pridicavi pridicava pridicàvamu pridicàvavu pridicàvanu
preterite pridicai pridicasti pridicau, pridicò pridicammu pridicàstivu pridicaru
present perfect Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present prèdicu prèdichi prèdica pridicamu pridicati prèdicanu
imperfect pridicassi pridicassi pridicassi pridicàssimu pridicàssivu pridicàssiru
present perfect Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative – tu vossìa nuàutri vuàutri –
— prèdica pridicassi pridicamu pridicati —

Descendants
  • → Maltese: pprietka

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “pridicari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3182
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “pridicari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, pages 156–157
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