orfo

Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English orphan, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian orfano, etc., ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈorfo]
• Rhymes: -orfo
• Hyphenation: or‧fo

Noun

orfo (accusative singular orfon, plural orfoj, accusative plural orfojn)

1. orphan
   • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, volume 1, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, page 124:

     Invalidoj, vidvinoj kaj orfoj de l’ oficiroj postulis pension; nobelaj sinjoroj — kortegajn oficojn por la filoj.

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   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 17:

     Kiu povas prikalkuli, kiom da fojoj en sia vivo li rigardis funebran veston de vidvino, palajn vizaĝojn kaj larmelacigitajn okulojn de orfoj?

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Hyponyms

• (neologism, nonstandard) orfiĉo (“male orphan”)
• orfino (“female orphan”)

Derived terms

• orfejo (“orphanage”)
• orfejestro (“owner of an orphanage”)

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (orfoo). From Latin orphanus (“orphan”), from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós). Cognate with Portuguese órfão, Spanish huérfano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾfo̝/

Noun

orfo m (plural orfos, feminine orfa, feminine plural orfas)

1. orphan
   • 1320, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 75:

     fazemos e ordenamos á loor de Deus e da Uirgen Santa María, sa madre, conuén a saber: hua albergaría na vila de Monte Rey e que seia de Santi Espíritos, en que se collam os pobres e se cryen os orfos

     we build and order, for the Lord's and Saint Mary's, his mother, praise, this which follows: a hospital in the town of Monterrei, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, where the poor can be gathered and the orphans brought up

Adjective

1. left orphan, without parents

References

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