Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
scherzo (plural scherzos or scherzi)
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scherzo
Inflection of scherzo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | scherzo | scherzot | |
genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | |
partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | |
illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | scherzo | scherzot | |
accusative | nom. | scherzo | scherzot |
gen. | scherzon | ||
genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | |
partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | |
inessive | scherzossa | scherzoissa | |
elative | scherzosta | scherzoista | |
illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | |
adessive | scherzolla | scherzoilla | |
ablative | scherzolta | scherzoilta | |
allative | scherzolle | scherzoille | |
essive | scherzona | scherzoina | |
translative | scherzoksi | scherzoiksi | |
abessive | scherzotta | scherzoitta | |
instructive | — | scherzoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
scherzo m (plural scherzos)
Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
scherzo m (plural scherzi)
scherzo
Unadapted borrowing from Italian scherzo.
scherzo n (plural scherzouri)
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scherzo | scherzoul | (niște) scherzouri | scherzourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) scherzo | scherzoului | (unor) scherzouri | scherzourilor |
vocative | scherzoule | scherzourilor |