zagal
See also: Zagal
Fala edit
Alternative forms edit
- dagal (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَغَال (zaḡāl, “young; brave”), from Arabic زَغْلُول (zaḡlūl, “boy”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zagal m (plural zagais, feminine zagala, feminine plural zagalas)
References edit
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *taglą, whence also Old English tæġl, Old Norse tagl.
Noun edit
zagal ?
Descendants edit
- German: Zagel
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَغَال (zaḡāl, “young; brave”), from Arabic زَغْلُول (zaḡlūl, “boy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zagal m (plural zagais, feminine zagala, feminine plural zagalas)
- shepherd
- 1911, Coelho Neto, Mistério do Natal, Lello & Irmão editores:
- Sorrindo, aceitou Maria a oferta do zagal;
- Smiling, Mary accepted the shepherd's gift;
- Synonym: pastor
- 1911, Coelho Neto, Mistério do Natal, Lello & Irmão editores:
- strong lad
- Synonym: rapaz
References edit
- ^ “zagal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “zagal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic زغال (zaḡál, “young; brave”), from Arabic زُغْلُول (zuḡlūl).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaˈɡal/ [θaˈɣ̞al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /saˈɡal/ [saˈɣ̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: za‧gal
Noun edit
zagal m (plural zagales, feminine zagala, feminine plural zagalas)
- swain, boy, lad, youth, young man
- Synonym: rapaz
- 1585, Miguel de Cervantes, La Galatea:
- nos paguéis lo que por vosotras nuestros zagales han hecho
- Do not pay for what your youths have done
- 1674, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, La viña del Señor:
- Yo, porque sea
más festivo tu convite
y más cumplida la fiesta,
con disfrazados zagales
compondré un baile en que tengan
oído y vista, sobre el gusto,
también en qué se diviertan.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “zagal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014