How do you say “slender” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say afistoula, afistouli, aflela, afusela, aguiela, anguiela. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | afistoula, afistouli, aflela, afusela, aguiela, anguiela, cherescle, destré, dèstro, esclo, greule, injo, linge, linjo, mendrigoul, menu, mistoulet, mistoulin, pechelet, prim, tèune, éulo |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
afistoula
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to thin; to adorn; slender |
afistouli
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
aflela
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
afusela
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
aguiela
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
anguiela
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | needle-like, tapered, slender |
cherescle
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender, sickly, puny, delicate, mawkish |
| Feminine | -esclo |
destré
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | strait, press; labor; slender |
| Variants | dèstre |
dèstro
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | right; slender |
esclo
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | delicate; slender; mawkish |
greule
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | dormouse; slender |
| Variants | gréule |
injo
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender; slight |
linge
| English translation | linen (cloth); thin, slender, svelte |
linjo
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
mendrigoul
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
| Feminine | -oulo |
menu
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | fine; slender |
| Feminine | menudo |
| Variants | menudo |
mistoulet
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender, small, delicate; slight, slim |
| Feminine | -eto |
mistoulin
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender; delicate |
| Feminine | mistoulino |
| Variants | mistoulino |
pechelet
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | slender |
| Feminine | -eto |
prim
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | thin, slender, fine; meticulous; parsimonious; first; sensitive; spring, first fruits; touchy |
| Feminine | primo |
| Variants | primo |
tèune
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | tenuous, thin, slender |
| Feminine | tèuno |
| Variants | tèuno |
éulo
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | frail; slender |