feliz

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.

Adjective[edit]

feliz (epicene, plural felices)

  1. happy

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem which displaced the inherited form fiiz; from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Adjective[edit]

feliz m or f (plural felices)

  1. happy
    Synonym: ledo
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste

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Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  • “feliz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “feliz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “feliz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “feliz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). The Old Portuguese form fiiz, however, was popularly inherited, but later replaced by feliz, in a process of restoration[1].

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /feˈli(j)s/, [feˈli(ɪ̯)s]
    • IPA(key): (Rio) /feˈli(j)ʃ/, [feˈli(ɪ̯)ʃ]
  • IPA(key): (Portugal) /fɨˈliʃ/, [fɨˈliʃ]

  • Rhymes: -is, -iʃ
  • Hyphenation: fe‧liz

Adjective[edit]

feliz (plural felizes, comparable)

  1. happy
    Synonym: alegre
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste

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Further reading[edit]

  • “feliz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1981-57942016000300579&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.[1] Compare Catalan feliç.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /feˈliθ/, [feˈliθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /feˈlis/, [feˈlis]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧liz
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Adjective[edit]

feliz (plural felices)

  1. happy, merry (trait)
    Synonym: alegre
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste
    Él es un tipo feliz en general. ― He's just a happy guy in general.
  2. pleased, glad
    Synonym: contento
  3. joyous, merry, happy
    una ocasión feliz ― a joyous occasion

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
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