escarvar
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Latin scarīfō (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφάομαι (skaripháomai); alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *skarbōną (“to scrape”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
escarvar (first-person singular present escarvo, first-person singular preterite escarvei, past participle escarvado)
- to dig superficially
- Synonyms: escaravellar, escavichar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of escarvar
Reintegrated conjugation of escarvar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “escarvar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “escarvar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “escarvar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escarvar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “escarvar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “escarbar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN