igar

See also: igår, -igar, and i går

Galician

Alternative forms

• enguar, iguar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese iguar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aequo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. to make equal, to equalize
   • 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 52:

     que me dizẽ Palas, sõo deesa de batalla, et corro mõte et caço Et quando d'alo veño, tã fremosa me paro que nẽgũa d'elas nõ ygoaria comygo en paresçer ben

     They call me Palas, I'm goddess of the battle, and I roam the woods and hunt, and when I come from there I'm so beautiful that none of them would be my equal in looking good

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “iguar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ygoar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “igar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “igar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “iguar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enguar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from -igar. Considered a modified version of agar.

Verb

igar (present igas, past igis, future igos, conditional igus, imperative igez)

1. (transitive) to make, cause, render

Conjugation

    Conjugation of igar

		present		past		future
infinitive		igar		igir		igor
tense		igas		igis		igos
conditional		igus
imperative		igez
adjective active participle		iganta		iginta		igonta
adverbial active participle		igante		iginte		igonte
nominal active participle	singular	iganto		iginto		igonto
	plural	iganti		iginti		igonti
adjective passive participle		igata		igita		igota
adverbial passive participle		igate		igite		igote
nominal passive participle	singular	igato		igito		igoto
	plural	igati		igiti		igoti