me'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Syllabification: mè'

Contraction

me'

  1. (poetic) Truncated form of meglio
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, Henry Longfellow (1867), transl., Divina Commedia, Inferno, Canto I, vv. 112-114:
      Ond'io per lo tuo me' penso e discerno
      che tu mi segui, e io sarò tua guida,
      e trarrotti di qui per loco etterno;
      Therefore I think and judge it for thy best
      ⁠Thou follow me, and I will be thy guide,
      ⁠And lead thee hence through the eternal place,

Sassarese

Pronunciation

Adjective

me' (invariable)

  1. Short for méiu: my
    la me' casa ― my house
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini [Borders]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:
      Fabiddendi cun megu
      la me’ cumpagna dizi cosi tristhi
      e seri […]
      Talking with me, my partner talks about sad, serious things

Usage notes
  • Always precedes the noun it modifies.

References
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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