galego
Finnish
Noun
galego
- Galician (language)
Declension
| Inflection of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | galego | — | |
| genitive | galegon | — | |
| partitive | galegoa | — | |
| illative | galegoon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | galego | — | |
| accusative | nom. | galego | — |
| gen. | galegon | ||
| genitive | galegon | — | |
| partitive | galegoa | — | |
| inessive | galegossa | — | |
| elative | galegosta | — | |
| illative | galegoon | — | |
| adessive | galegolla | — | |
| ablative | galegolta | — | |
| allative | galegolle | — | |
| essive | galegona | — | |
| translative | galegoksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | galegotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus (“a Galician”), from older Callaecus (“a person of a local tribe from NW Iberia”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, and a relational suffix *-aecus of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.[1]
The geographical name Gallaecia itself was derived from Gallaecus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galego m (feminine singular galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)
- (pertaining to Galicia, Spain or the Galician language)
Noun
galego m (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)
- a person from Galicia, or a person with Galician ancestry
- (uncountable) Galician language
- 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: CSIC, page 19:
- «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos
- «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», which means, translated into Galician language: señor faysnos salvos [Lord, save us]
- «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos
- 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: CSIC, page 19:
References
- “galego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “galego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “galego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ↑ Moralejo, Juan J. (2008). Callaica nomina: estudios de onomástica gallega. A Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, pages 113–148. →ISBN.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus, from Gallaecia.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galego m (feminine singular galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas, not comparable)
- Galician (pertaining to Galicia, Spain or the Galician language)
Noun
galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)