alumear

See also: alumẽar

Galician

Alternative forms

• alumar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese alumẽar, from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar, Spanish alumbrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alumeˈaɾ/

Verb

alumear (first-person singular present alumeo, first-person singular preterite alumeei, past participle alumeado)
alumear (first-person singular present alumeio, first-person singular preterite alumeei, past participle alumeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to illuminate, enlighten
   • 1697, José Gil Taboada, Grande loita de luceiros:

     Grande loyta de Luceyros
     Ay na terra do patron
     Santo, que fillo do Trono
     Nas guerras sempre atronòu.
     Cinco Luceyros no'menos
     S'opòn à vn Luceyro sò:
     Cinco à vn, è ser Galegos?
     No'mo dà ò corazon.
     E que loytan sobre quen
     A quen mais alomeou.
     Vn contra cinco? Este si
     Que é Galego de naçon.

     A large dispute of luminaries
     happens at the land of the patron
     Saint, who, son of thunder
     In the wars always stormed [=Saint James].
     Five luminaries, no less,
     Oppose one luminary alone:
     Five to one, being Galicians?
     I don't think so.
     And they are fighting on who
     enlightened more to whom.
     One to five? This one certainly is
     Galician by nation

2. (transitive) to clarify
3. (transitive) to shed light on
4. (intransitive) to light
5. (intransitive) to be perceptible
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to receive or use the light [with con ‘of something’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alumear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alumear
Personal	alumear	alumeares	alumear	alumearmos	alumeardes	alumearen
Gerund
	alumeando
Past participle
Masculine	alumeado			alumeados
Feminine	alumeada			alumeadas
Indicative
Present	alumeo	alumeas	alumea	alumeamos	alumeades	alumean
Imperfect	alumeaba	alumeabas	alumeaba	alumeabamos	alumeabades	alumeaban
Preterite	alumeei	alumeaches	alumeou	alumeamos	alumeastes	alumearon
Pluperfect	alumeara	alumearas	alumeara	alumearamos	alumearades	alumearan
Future	alumearei	alumearás	alumeará	alumearemos	alumearedes	alumearán
Conditional	alumearía	alumearías	alumearía	alumeariamos	alumeariades	alumearían
Subjunctive
Present	alumee	alumees	alumee	alumeemos	alumeedes	alumeen
Imperfect	alumease	alumeases	alumease	alumeásemos	alumeásedes	alumeasen
Future	alumear	alumeares	alumear	alumearmos	alumeardes	alumearen
Imperative
Affirmative		alumea	alumee	alumeemos	alumeade	alumeen
Negative (non)		non alumees	non alumee	non alumeemos	non alumeedes	non alumeen

    Reintegrated conjugation of alumear (e may become ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alumear
Personal	alumear	alumeares	alumear	alumearmos	alumeardes	alumearem
Gerund
	alumeando
Past participle
Masculine	alumeado			alumeados
Feminine	alumeada			alumeadas
Indicative
Present	alumeio, alumeo1	alumeias, alumeas1	alumeia, alumea1	alumeamos	alumeades, alumeais	alumeiam, alumeam1
Imperfect	alumeava	alumeavas	alumeava	alumeávamos	alumeávades, alumeáveis, alumeávais1	alumeavam
Preterite	alumeei	alumeaste, alumeache1	alumeou	alumeamos	alumeastes	alumeárom, alumearam
Pluperfect	alumeara	alumearas	alumeara	alumeáramos	alumeárades, alumeáreis, alumeárais1	alumearam
Future	alumearei	alumearás	alumeará	alumearemos	alumearedes, alumeareis	alumearám, alumearão
Conditional	alumearia	alumearias	alumearia	alumearíamos	alumearíades, alumearíeis, alumearíais1	alumeariam
Subjunctive
Present	alumeie, alumee1	alumeies, alumees1	alumeie, alumee1	alumeemos	alumeedes, alumeeis	alumeiem, alumeem1
Imperfect	alumeasse	alumeasses	alumeasse	alumeássemos	alumeássedes, alumeásseis	alumeassem
Future	alumear	alumeares	alumear	alumearmos	alumeardes	alumearem
Imperative
Affirmative		alumeia, alumea1	alumeie, alumee1	alumeemos	alumeade, alumeai	alumeiem, alumeem1
Negative (nom)		nom alumeies, nom alumees1	nom alumeie, nom alumee1	nom alumeemos	nom alumeedes, nom alumeeis	nom alumeiem, nom alumeem1

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alumear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alumear”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alumear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alumear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alumear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alumear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN