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genete

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic زَنَاتِيّ (zanātiyy).

    Adjective

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    genete m or f (plural genetes)

    1. (relational) Zenata
      • 1300, Alfonso X of Castile, [Xeral Historia] [General Story], translation of General Estoria (in Old Spanish); republished as Ramón Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, 1963, page 200:
        Et deste Ysmael vierom outrosy os barbaros gazules, et genetes, et todas las maneyras de alaraues daqueles que moram [em] tẽdas et nõ querem morar em casas []
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    Noun

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    genete m (plural genetes)

    1. African horseman
      Hypernym: cavaleiro

    Descendants

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    • Galician: xinete
    • Portuguese: ginete

    References

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