Abartich, bartich, Ch. viii., § 3, ¶ 6 (adj. unusual, strange); (adv. especially). G. abartig degenerate.
"Der duckter sogt eara complaint wær ... conclommereashen im kup, so dos se so unfergleichlich schwitza mus in der nacht, abbordich wan se tsu gedeckt is mit em fedder bet."—Rauch, Feb. 1, 1870. The doctor asserts her 'complaint' to be ... 'conglomeration' in the head, so that she must sweat uncommonly in the night, Particularly when she is covered [tsu is accented] in with the feather bed.
Biibi, piipi, biibǝli; Swiss bibi, bibeli, bidli (a young chicken). Used also to call fowls—the second form in the vicinal English, in which a male fowl is often called a hé-biddy.
The Swiss use in PG. of the genitive form des of the article, instead of the neuter nominative das, causes little or no confusion, because this genitive is not required, and its new use prevents confusion between das and dasz. Where German uses des, as in Der Gaul des (or meines) Nachbars (the horse of the, or my, neighbor), PG. uses a dative form—
... dem (or meim for meinem) nochbǝr sei˛ gaul (the neighbor his horse). See the quotation (p. 28) from Schöpf.
PG. inflects most of its verbs regularly, as in 'gedenkt' for G. gedacht, from denken (to think). In the following list, the German infinitive, as backen (to bake), is followed by the third person of the present indicative (er) bäckt, PG. (ær) 'bakt' (he bakes). The PG. infinitive of blasen, braten, fragen, rathen, dürfen, verderben, is 'bloosǝ, brootǝ, frooghǝ, rootǝ, dærfǝ, f'rdærwǝ.' 'bloosǝ' (to blow) and 'nemmǝ' (to take) occur below, in the extract from Miss Bahn.
| G. | G. | PG. | G. | G. | PG. | |
| blasen blow, | bläst | bloost | lesen read, | liest | leest | |
| braten bake, | brät | broot | lassen let, | läszt | lǝsst | |
| brechen break, | bricht | brecht | messen measure, | miszt | messt | |
| dreschen thrash, | drischt | drescht | nehmen take, | nimmt | nemmt | |
| dürfen dare, | darf | dærf | rathen advise, | räth | root | |
| fahren drive, | fährt | faart | saufen tipple, | säuft | sauft | |
| fallen fall, | fällt | fallt | schelten scold, | schilt | schelt | |
| fragen ask, | frägt | frookt | schlafen sleep, | schläft | schlooft | |
| essen eat, | iszt | esst | schwellen swell, | schwillt | schwellt | |
| fressen devour, | friszt | fresst | sehen see, | sieht | seet | |
| geben give, | giebt | gept | stehlen steal, | stiehlt | schteelt | |
| graben dig, | gräbt | graapt | tragen carry, | trägt | traagt | |
| helfen help, | hilft | helft | verderben spoil, | verdirbt | f'rdærpt | |
| laufen run, | läuft | laaft | vergessen forget, | vergiszt | f'rgesst |
| "Der wind, horch yusht, wie er drum bloss'd,... | D'r wint, harich juscht wii ær drum bloost,... |
| Gar nix for ihm fersichert is, | Gaar niks f'r iim f'rsichǝrt iss, |
| Er nemmt sei aegner waek | ær nemmt sei, eegnǝr week, |
| Dorch ennich rissly geht er neih, | darich ennich rissli geet ær nei, |
| Un geht ah nuf die staek." | un geet aa 'nuf dii schteek. |
The wind, just listen how it therefore (an expletive) blows, ... quite nothing is secure for (on account of) him, he takes his (eigener weg) own way; through (einig, einiges) any crack he goes (hinein) in, and goes also (hinauf) up the (stiege) stair.