ceibar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1468. Perhaps from ceibe (“free”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θejˈβaɾ/, (western) /sejˈβaɾ/

Verb

ceibar (first-person singular present ceibo, first-person singular preterite ceibei, past participle ceibado)

1. (transitive) to free or make free, release, loose; to deliver; to open

   Synonym: soltar

   • 1460, José Antonio Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 102:

     Outrosy seus criados faziã guerra a este caballeyro quanto podiã, entanto que estes criados -deste arçobispo - prenderõ dez et seys biĩfiçiados, os quaes erã arçidianos, et cardeas et canõigos, porlos rrescatarẽ por dineyro; porlo qual, quando os çeybarõ, rrescatarõnos por quinentas dobras.

     Otherwise his vassals made war on this knight to the best of their efforts; these vassals —of this archbishop— took sixteen beneficiaries: these were archdeacons, cardinals and canons, for ransoming them; for this reason, when they released them, they were exchanged for five hundred doubloons

   • 1498, Emilio Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 417:

     e como teber lo nobo alçado de cada hua delas o çeybe para que todos los vezinos paçan e amonten con él

     and as soon as they have gathered the crop in each one of them, they should release this terrain so that all the neighbours can graze their animals and ride there

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to break free

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ceibar

	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	ceibar
Personal	ceibar	ceibares	ceibar	ceibarmos	ceibardes	ceibaren
Gerund
	ceibando
Past participle
Masculine	ceibado			ceibados
Feminine	ceibada			ceibadas
Indicative
Present	ceibo	ceibas	ceiba	ceibamos	ceibades	ceiban
Imperfect	ceibaba	ceibabas	ceibaba	ceibabamos	ceibabades	ceibaban
Preterite	ceibei	ceibaches	ceibou	ceibamos	ceibastes	ceibaron
Pluperfect	ceibara	ceibaras	ceibara	ceibaramos	ceibarades	ceibaran
Future	ceibarei	ceibarás	ceibará	ceibaremos	ceibaredes	ceibarán
Conditional	ceibaría	ceibarías	ceibaría	ceibariamos	ceibariades	ceibarían
Subjunctive
Present	ceibe	ceibes	ceibe	ceibemos	ceibedes	ceiben
Imperfect	ceibase	ceibases	ceibase	ceibásemos	ceibásedes	ceibasen
Future	ceibar	ceibares	ceibar	ceibarmos	ceibardes	ceibaren
Imperative
Affirmative		ceiba	ceibe	ceibemos	ceibade	ceiben
Negative (non)		non ceibes	non ceibe	non ceibemos	non ceibedes	non ceiben

References

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