sivilâ

Friulian

Alternative forms

• sjivilâ, šivîlâ (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sīfilāre, probably an Osco-Umbrian influenced variant of Latin sībilāre, present active infinitive of sībilō. Compare Romansch tschivlar, schivlar, French siffler, Spanish chiflar.

Verb

sivilâ

1. to whistle
2. to hiss

Conjugation

This is a regular -â verb, along with verbs like amâ.

Conjugation of sivilâ (first conjugation)

infinitive			sivilâ
gerund			sivilânt
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		sivilât		sivilâts
		feminine		sivilâde		sivilâdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o sivili	tu sivilis	al/e sivile	o sivilìn	o sivilais	a sivilin
	imperfect	o sivilavi	tu sivilavis	al/e sivilave	o sivilavin	o sivilavis	a sivilavin
	simple past	o sivilai	tu sivilaris	al/e sivilà	o sivilarin	o sivilaris	a sivilarin
	future	o sivilarai	tu sivilarâs	al/e sivilarà	o sivilarìn	o sivilarês	a sivilaran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o sivilarès	tu sivilaressis	al/e sivilarès	o sivilaressin	o sivilaressis	a sivilaressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o sivili	tu sivilis	al/e sivili	o sivilìn	o sivilais	a sivilin
	imperfect	o sivilàs	tu sivilassis	al/e sivilàs	o sivilassin	o sivilassis	a sivilassin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	sivile	–	sivilìn	sivilait	–