xabardo

Galician

FWOTD – 24 April 2019

Etymology

Obscure; perhaps from *enxamardo, from enxame (“swarm”) +‎ -ardo, or a derivation of xebrar (“to separate”). Alternatively from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Spanish jabardo (“swarm”) and the dialectal Portuguese javardo (“boar”), which is probably unrelated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃaˈβaɾðʊ]

Noun

xabardo m (plural xabardos)

1. a small swarm; in particular, an afterswarm (the second, smaller swarm that leaves the hive in a year)
   • 2015, Marcelino Salgueiro, Volframio, música e profecías, Meubook, page 33:

     […] , ou o pousar dun xabardo nun castiñeiro covo—fendido por un raio—, […]

     […] , or the landing of an afterswarm on a hollow chestnut—cracked by a lightning—, […]

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xabardo”, 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), “xabardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xabardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN