acanissar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ *canís +‎ -ar, from Vulgar Latin *canicius, from canis (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.kə.niˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ka.niˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ka.niˈsa]

Verb

acanissar (first-person singular present acanisso, first-person singular preterite acanissí, past participle acanissat)

1. (ditransitive, Balearic) to sic (a dog) on someone

   Synonym: aquissar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of acanissar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acanissar
gerund			acanissant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acanissat		acanissada
		plural		acanissats		acanissades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acanisso	acanisses	acanissa	acanissem	acanisseu	acanissen
	imperfect	acanissava	acanissaves	acanissava	acanissàvem	acanissàveu	acanissaven
	future	acanissaré	acanissaràs	acanissarà	acanissarem	acanissareu	acanissaran
	preterite	acanissí	acanissares	acanissà	acanissàrem	acanissàreu	acanissaren
	conditional	acanissaria	acanissaries	acanissaria	acanissaríem	acanissaríeu	acanissarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acanissi	acanissis	acanissi	acanissem	acanisseu	acanissin
	imperfect	acanissés	acanissessis	acanissés	acanisséssim	acanisséssiu	acanissessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acanissa	acanissi	acanissem	acanisseu	acanissin
	negative (no)	—	no acanissis	no acanissi	no acanissem	no acanisseu	no acanissin

Further reading

• “acanissar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007