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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adeujno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adeujno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adiviño”, 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), “adiviño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adiviño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

adiviño

1. first-person singular present indicative of adiviñar