axexar

Galician

Alternative forms

asexar

Etymology

From Old Galician assejar; itself either from Vulgar Latin *assediare (“to besiege”) —from Latin obsidium (“siege”)— or from Latin īnsidiārī (“to lurk, to ambush”), under the influence of the synonym aseitar —from Latin assectārī (“to escort”)—.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʃeˈʃaɾ/

Verb

axexar (first-person singular present axexo, first-person singular preterite axexei, past participle axexado)

(transitive) to skulk, to lurk, to spy, to stalk
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 461:
  Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.
  He was stalking Hector, trying to find the way or opportunity to kill him
(intransitive) to lurk
Á porta das venturas axexan as desgrazas
Misfortunes lurk at the door of the fortunes

Conjugation

Conjugation of axexar

person		singular			plural
infinitive			axexar
gerund			axexando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		axexado		axexados
		feminine		axexada		axexadas
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	axexo	axexas	axexa	axexamos	axexades	axexan
	imperfect	axexaba	axexabas	axexaba	axexabamos	axexabades	axexaban
	preterite	axexei	axexaches	axexou	axexamos	axexastes	axexaron
	pluperfect	axexara	axexaras	axexara	axexaramos	axexarades	axexaran
	future	axexarei	axexarás	axexará	axexaremos	axexaredes	axexarán
	conditional	axexaría	axexarías	axexaría	axexariamos	axexariades	axexarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	axexe	axexes	axexe	axexemos	axexedes	axexen
	preterite	axexase	axexases	axexase	axexásemos	axexásedes	axexasen
	future	axexar	axexares	axexar	axexarmos	axexardes	axexaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	axexa	axexe	axexemos	axexade	axexen
	negative	—	axexes	axexe	axexemos	axexedes	axexen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		axexar	axexares	axexar	axexarmos	axexardes	axexaren

Synonyms

agaitar, aseitar, esculcar, espiar, espreitar

Derived terms

axexo (“spying”)

References

“asseia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“asexar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“axexar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“axexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. acechar.

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[1] Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. acechar.