xacer

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Galician

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Aqui jaz o cantor da raza galega Eduardo Pondal. Finou en VIII de marzo ano MCMXVII ("Here lies the singer of the Galician race, Eduardo Pondal. He ended March 8, 1917").

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese jazer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin iacere. Cognate with Portuguese jazer and Spanish yacer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xacer (first-person singular present xazo, first-person singular preterite xacín, past participle xacido)

  1. to lie
  2. to recline

Conjugation

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Noun

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xacer m (plural xaceres)

  1. rest
    • 1813, Xan de Mingucho, (a letter):
      estou de mal xacer, porque nesta noite pasada unhas malas almas me esfolaron seis carballos que tiña moi estimados, como o están facendo a outros moitos, solo por vender a casca ós coireiros das frábecas
      I'm badly rested (lit. I'm in bad rest), because this last night some bad souls stripped six oaks which I had in great esteem, as they are doing to many others, just for selling the bark to the furriers of the factories

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “jazer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “jaz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • xacer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • xacer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • xacente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.