osmar
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin osma, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή, ὀδμή (osmḗ, odmḗ, “odour, stench”). Compare Spanish husmear.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editosmar (first-person singular present osmo, first-person singular preterite osmei, past participle osmado)
- to sniff
- to sniff around
- Synonym: solermar
- to spy, stalk
- Synonym: axexar
- to have a feeling; to guess; to suspect; to foresee
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 737:
- Tanto que os tres caualeyros uirõ a manãa, subirõ en seus caualos, pero eýnda nõ era bẽ día claro, mais a lũa rray[a]ua moy bẽ et nihũ nõ podía osmar hu todos tres quiríã yr.
- As soon as the three knights saw the morning, they mounted their horses, however the day was not clear yet, but the moon was shinning bright and no one could guess where the three wanted to go
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of osmar
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | osmar | |||||
Personal | osmar | osmares | osmar | osmarmos | osmardes | osmaren |
Gerund | ||||||
osmando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | osmado | osmados | ||||
Feminine | osmada | osmadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | osmo | osmas | osma | osmamos | osmades | osman |
Imperfect | osmaba | osmabas | osmaba | osmabamos | osmabades | osmaban |
Preterite | osmei | osmaches | osmou | osmamos | osmastes | osmaron |
Pluperfect | osmara | osmaras | osmara | osmaramos | osmarades | osmaran |
Future | osmarei | osmarás | osmará | osmaremos | osmaredes | osmarán |
Conditional | osmaría | osmarías | osmaría | osmariamos | osmariades | osmarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | osme | osmes | osme | osmemos | osmedes | osmen |
Imperfect | osmase | osmases | osmase | osmásemos | osmásedes | osmasen |
Future | osmar | osmares | osmar | osmarmos | osmardes | osmaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | osma | osme | osmemos | osmade | osmen | |
Negative (non) | non osmes | non osme | non osmemos | non osmedes | non osmen |
Reintegrated conjugation of osmar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “osmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “osmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “osmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “osmar”, 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), “osmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “osmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “osmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN