fanar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fanar. Cognate with Spanish fañar. Perhaps from a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *fann- or *wann-.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈnaɾ/

Verb

fanar (first-person singular present fano, first-person singular preterite fanei, past participle fanado)

1. (transitive) to lop, lop off
2. (transitive) to cripple; to amputate
3. (transitive) to prune

   Synonym: podar

References

• “fanar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fanar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fanar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “fanar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

fanar (present tense fanas, past tense fanis, future tense fanos, imperative fanez, conditional fanus)

1. to winnow
2. to fan
3. to husk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fanar

		present		past		future
infinitive		fanar		fanir		fanor
tense		fanas		fanis		fanos
conditional		fanus
imperative		fanez
adjective active participle		fananta		faninta		fanonta
adverbial active participle		fanante		faninte		fanonte
nominal active participle	singular	fananto		faninto		fanonto
	plural	fananti		faninti		fanonti
adjective passive participle		fanata		fanita		fanota
adverbial passive participle		fanate		fanite		fanote
nominal passive participle	singular	fanato		fanito		fanoto
	plural	fanati		faniti		fanoti

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fenare, from Latin faenum (“hay”).

Verb

fanar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) to make hay