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

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “lũar”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lu_ar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lũar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “luar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa