English Dictionary

impure s

名詞

In Italian, an /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to lo in the singular and from i to gli in the plural, the indefinite article changes from un to uno, the partitive article changes from dei to degli, and some adjectives and pronouns also change form.

日本語の意味

「impure s」とは、イタリア語の文法用語で、男性名詞の前に来る際、/s/が別の子音に続く場合を指します。この現象により、定冠詞（単数では il → lo、複数では i → gli）、不定冠詞（un → uno）、部分冠詞（dei → degli）および一部の形容詞・代名詞の形が変化します。

The linguist identified an impure s in the regional pronunciation and noted how it affected the following vowel.

言語学者は地方の発音で不純な「s」音を確認し、それが後続の母音にどのように影響するかを記録した。

意味（1）

In Italian, an /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to lo in the singular and from i to gli in the plural, the indefinite article changes from un to uno, the partitive article changes from dei to degli, and some adjectives and pronouns also change form.

意味（2）

This also happens before words beginning with gn, pn, ps, x, y, and z and before certain words starting with ch that are derived from French.