alfaiate
See also: Alfaiate
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
References edit
- “alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “alfaiate” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “alfaiate” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”).
Noun edit
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.
Noun edit
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
- tailor
- pied avocet, a bird
- water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
alfaiate
- inflection of alfaiatar: