lũar

See also: luar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• luar, lunar

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūnāris, from lūna + -āris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lũˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: lũ‧ar

Noun

lũar m (plural *lũares)

1. moonlight
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:

     ca despois que anoyteçeu tornou outrosí escuro speso a sobreguisa, et nõ fazía luar nẽ lume, pouco nẽ mais.

     because after nightfall it became dark, and this darkness was exceedingly thick, and it was no moonlight, no light, no less or more

Related terms

• Lugo
• lume
• luz
• Luzia
• lũa
• lũes

Descendants

• Galician: luar
• Portuguese: luar

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “lũar”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lu_ar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lũar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “luar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa