פְרֵיגַארֵי

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin precor, precārī (“to beseech, beg, pray”), derived from prex (“prayer; request; entreaty”).

Verb

פְרֵיגַארֵי (pəregaʔre /pregare/)

  1. (intransitive) to plead, to intercede [with אִין (ʔin /⁠in⁠/) ‘with [someone]’]
    • 16th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviʔim, Prophets]‎[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʔīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 16, leaf 2, right page, lines 7–8:
      אֵי טוּ נוּן אוּרַארֵי פֵיר לוּ פוּפֵילוֹ קוּוֵיסְטוֹ אֵי נוּן אַלְצַארֵי פֵיר אֵיסִי קַאנְטוֹ אֵי אוּרַאצִיאוֹנַה אֵי נוּן פְרֵיגַארֵי אִן מִי קֵי נוֹ אִייוֹ אִינְטֵינוֹ טִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)
      ʔe ṭu nun ʔuraʔre per lu pupelo quwesəṭo ʔe nun ʔaləṣaʔre per ʔesi qaʔnəṭo ʔe ʔuraʔṣiʔonah ʔe nun pəregaʔre ʔin mi qe no ʔijo ʔinəṭeno ṭi.
      /E tu nun urare per lu pupelo questo, e nun alzare per essi canto e uraziona, e nun pregare in mi, ché no io intenno ti./
      And do not pray for this people; and do not raise any chant or prayer for them, and do not plead with me, for I do not hear you.
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