ammogliarsi

Italian

Etymology

ammogliare (“to give wife to”) +‎ -si (“oneself”, enclitic reflexive pronoun)
Equivalent to a- (“towards”) +‎ moglie (“wife”) +‎ -arsi (reflexive 1^st conjugation verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.moʎˈʎar.si/, [ämmo̞ʎˈʎär̺s̪i]
• Hyphenation: am‧mo‧gliàr‧si

Verb

ammogliarsi (reflexive)

1. to take a wife, get married
2. to wed (with)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 14, lines 100–102:

     Molti son li animali a cui s'ammoglia, ¶ e più saranno ancora, infin che 'l veltro ¶ verrà, che la farà morir con doglia.

     Many the animals with whom she weds, ¶ and more they shall be still, until the Greyhound ¶ comes, who shall make her perish in her pain.

Synonyms

• sposarsi

Related terms

• ammogliare