combater
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
combater (plural combaters)
- One who combats.
- 1615, William HULL (D.D.), The Mirrour of Maiestie. Wherein the Mother-church Inviteth Her Damsels to Contemplate the Harbourlesse Ghest, Yet Waiting at the Doore of Mans Heart ... In Fiue Sermons ... Preached in Ascension Weeke, page 115:
- […] in that great day of the Lord hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead, bringing these Garlands in hand as the prises for the combaters […]
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese combater (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *combattere, present active infinitive of *combattō, from Latin cum + battuō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combatín, past participle combatido)
combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combatim or combati, past participle combatido, reintegrationist norm)
- to combat
- 1455, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 322:
- Ano de LV, sábado á noyte, que eran viinte dias do dito mes de setenbro, aas noue horas da noyte, foy conbatido por força de armas os paaços et curral do bispo d'Ourense et a hua ora, sobre médea noyte, foy entrado a poder de armas et non foy ende nehuún ome morto, saluo foron feridos dos do conçello ata noue ou des personas et dos do curral tres o quatro de seetadas, et en outro dia, o domingo, combateron a torre bella con Roy de Caldellas et con Johán de Canba et outro omee et puxaron de çima da torre hun canto e deu en hua perna Afonso da Proua et morreu dela.
- Year of 55, Saturday night, twenty days of said month of September, at nine hours at night; it was combatted forcibly with weapons the palace and yard of the Bishop of Ourense, and at certain time, around midnight, it was forcibly penetrated, but no man was killed then, but nine or ten persons of the Council were wounded, and of the yard three or four of arrow shots; and the other day, sunday, they combatted the old tower with Roi de Caldelas and with Xoán de Camba and with another man, and they threw from the top of the tower a stone which hit Afonso da Proba in a leg, and he died of that
- 1455, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 322:
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of combater
Reintegrated conjugation of combater (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “combater” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “combater” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
References edit
- “combater” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “conbat” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “combater” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “combater” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin cum + battuō.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: com‧ba‧ter
Verb edit
combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combati, past participle combatido)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of combater (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:combater.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “combater” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913