scempio – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of scempio

Adjective: scempio

Hyphenation: scém‧pio
Singular m.scempio
Singular f.scempia
Plural m.scempi
Plural f.scempie

Sample Sentences

  • Nella parola “caro”, la “r” è scempia; in “carro”, invece, è geminata. (In the word “caro”, the letter “r” is single, while in “carro” it's geminated instead.)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin simplus (“simple”), under the influence of scemo (“silly”). However, for other examples of initial s- palatalized to sci-, see scimmia, scialiva, sciringa (doublet of siringa). Compare the synonym semplice. See: Latin Adjectives 'simplus'.

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