somicar

Catalan

Etymology

From a contraction of *sonamicar from sonar, an analogical formation to *ploramicar, the reconstructed source of ploramiques (“crybaby”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [su.miˈka]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.miˈka]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [so.miˈkaɾ]

Verb

somicar (first-person singular present somico, first-person singular preterite somiquí, past participle somicat)

(intransitive) to whimper
Synonym: ploriquejar
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
  Vaig somicar amb llàgrimes petites, i al mateix temps que plorava, mentre em mossegava un puny, sabia, em constava, que cap providència em trauria mai de l'illa.
  I whimpered with small tears, and while I was crying, while I bit on a fist, I knew, it was obvious to me, that no providence could ever get me off the island.

Conjugation

Conjugation of somicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			somicar
gerund			somicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		somicat		somicada
		plural		somicats		somicades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	somico	somiques	somica	somiquem	somiqueu	somiquen
	imperfect	somicava	somicaves	somicava	somicàvem	somicàveu	somicaven
	future	somicaré	somicaràs	somicarà	somicarem	somicareu	somicaran
	preterite	somiquí	somicares	somicà	somicàrem	somicàreu	somicaren
	conditional	somicaria	somicaries	somicaria	somicaríem	somicaríeu	somicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	somiqui	somiquis	somiqui	somiquem	somiqueu	somiquin
	imperfect	somiqués	somiquessis	somiqués	somiquéssim	somiquéssiu	somiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	somica	somiqui	somiquem	somiqueu	somiquin
	negative (no)	—	no somiquis	no somiqui	no somiquem	no somiqueu	no somiquin

Derived terms

somic
somicaire
somicó

Further reading

“somicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“somicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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