loitar

Galician

Alternative forms

• aloitar, luitar, lutar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese luitar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin luctāre, from Latin luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (“struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lojˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. to fight, to struggle

   Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir

2. to wrestle
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:

     Et desque os moços forõ creçendo, treuellauã et loytauã moytas vezes hũu cõ o outro, et lançauã as pedras cõ as fondas segundo que fazẽ os moços.

     And as the boys were growing up, they played and wrestled together frequently, and threw stones with slings, as boys do

   Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir, rifar

Derived terms

• loitador

Related terms

• loita

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “luit”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “loyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “loitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN