afagar
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested from the 13th century. Probably from Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa). Cognate with Portuguese afagar, Spanish halagar, Catalan afalagar.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afagar (first-person singular present afago, first-person singular preterite afaguei, past participle afagado)
- (archaic) to flatter
- to stroke, fondle, caress
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 24:
- chegou aos touros esforçadamẽnte sem nẽgũ temor. Et trouxe'lles a'maão destra por'los peytos, coçãdo-os et afaagando-os.
- he bravely came to the bulls, fearless, and he brought them to his right, scratching and fondling them
- Synonym: aloumiñar
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 24:
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of afagar (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of afagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]- afago (“caress”)
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “afagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “afagar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “afagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “afagar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “afagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “halagar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + Arabic خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa) + -ar. Compare Spanish halagar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧fa‧gar
Verb
[edit]afagar (first-person singular present afago, first-person singular preterite afaguei, past participle afagado)
- (transitive) to stroke, fondle, caress
- 1912, Augusto dos Anjos, “Versos Íntimos”, in Eu:
- Toma um fósforo. Acende teu cigarro! / O beijo, amigo, é a véspera do escarro, / A mão que afaga é a mesma que apedreja.
- Take a match. Light your cigarette! / The kiss, my friend, is the eve of sputum, / The hand that caresses is the same that throws stones.
- (transitive, figuratively) to cherish, feed
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of afagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “afagar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “afagar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “afagar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “afagar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “afagar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “afagar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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