cinguir
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cingir, from Latin cingere, present active infinitive of cingō. Cognate with Portuguese cingir and Spanish ceñir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguín, past participle cinguido)
cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguim or cingui, past participle cinguido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to encircle, girdle, adjust (clothing)
- 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
- outra cinta pequena de coyro de lobo gornida de prata que eu trago cingida
- another small band, of wolf hide, garnished with silver, that I bring adjusted [I'm wearing]
- (transitive) to connect, unite
- (transitive) to limit, restrict
- (figurative) to strike
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cinguir (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of cinguir (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
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References edit
- “cingir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cing” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cinguir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cinguir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “cinguir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.