esculcar
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From esculca (“observation, inquiry”), from local High Middle Ages Medieval Latin sculca (“watchtower”), from Proto-Germanic *skulkan. Cognate of English skulk (“to hide”) and of Norwegian Nynorsk skulke (“to play truant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculquei, past participle esculcado)
- (transitive) to watch, to observe, to spy
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 235:
- Et coydou que era esculca que vĩjña esculcar sua terra, ca Peleus ben sabía que entre elles et troyãos auj́a grã desamor.
- And he thought that he was a spy which has come to investigate their country, because Peleus knew well that in between them and the Trojans there was a large enmity
- (intransitive) to inquiry, to research
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of esculcar (c-qu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of esculcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “esculcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “esculcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “esculcar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “esculcar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “esculca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from Late Latin *sculcāre, from Proto-Germanic *skulkan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
esculcar (first-person singular present esculco, first-person singular preterite esculqué, past participle esculcado)
- (transitive) to spy; to investigate
- (transitive) to search, to go through
- to frisk
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of esculcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading[edit]
- “esculcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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