adormentar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese adormentar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From a- + dormir (to sleep) + -entar. Compare Italian addormentare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aðoɾmenˈtaɾ/, /aðoɾmɛnˈtaɾ/

Verb[edit]

adormentar (first-person singular present adormento, first-person singular preterite adormentei, past participle adormentado)

  1. to send or put to sleep
    Synonym: adurmiñar
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 7:
      Estonçes meteo sono en Adam et adormentóó ẽno Pareyso; et el dormỹdo tomou Deus hũa das costas de Adam
      And then He caused Adam to be sleepy and put him to sleep in Paradise; and as he was sleeping God took one of Adam's ribs
  2. (figurative) to anesthetize; to soothe
    Synonyms: anestesiar, calmar

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References[edit]

  • adormentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • dorment” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • adormentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • adormentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • adormentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • adormentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.