èssan

See also: essän

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• èzzan, ezzan

Etymology

From Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, English eat.

Verb

èssan (strong class 5 , third-person singular present indicative isset, past participle ghèsset, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to eat

   Bèar net mèar isset, stérbet. ― He who doesn't eat dies.

Conjugation

Conjugation of èssan

infinitive		èssan
present participle		èssanten
past participle		ghèsset
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich isse	bar èssan	i	ich èsse	bar èssan
	du issest	iart èsset		du èssest	iart èsset
	ear isset	ze èssent		ear èsse	ze èssan
preterite (composed)	ich han ghèsset	bar haban ghèsset	ii	ich issate, issatate	bar issatan, issatatan
	du hast ghèsset	iart habet ghèsset		du issatest, issatatest	iart issetet, issatatet
	ear hat ghèsset	ze habent ghèsset		ear issate, issatate	ze issatan, issatatan
imperative	—	èssabar
	iss (du)	isset (iart)
	èsse (ear)	èssan (ze)

Derived terms

• ghèssach
• imbòrmessan
• imbòrmesse

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “èssan” 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