adiviño

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1350. Back-formation from adiviñar. Compare Spanish adivino.

Alternative forms

• adeviño, adivín
• adivinho (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aðiˈβiɲʊ]

Noun

adiviño m (plural adiviños, feminine adiviña, feminine plural adiviñas)

1. soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, fortune-teller
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, pag. 85:

     por que lle diserõ os adeujnos que avias de morrer ẽna batalla de Troya

     because the soothsayers told you that you would die at the battle of Troy

Related terms

• adiviñar

References

• “adeujno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “adeujno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “adiviño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “adiviño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “adiviño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

adiviño

1. first-person singular present indicative of adiviñar