adiviño
Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since circa 1350. Back-formation from adiviñar. Compare Spanish adivino.
Alternative forms
- adeviño, adivín
- adivinho (reintegrationist)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aðiˈβiɲʊ]
Noun
adiviño m (plural adiviños, feminine adiviña, feminine plural adiviñas)
- soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, fortune-teller
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, pag. 85:
- por que lle diserõ os adeujnos que avias de morrer ẽna batalla de Troya
- because the soothsayers told you that you would die at the battle of Troy
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, pag. 85:
Related terms
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “adeujno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adeujno”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adiviño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adiviño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adiviño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
adiviño
- first-person singular present indicative of adiviñar