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Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since circa 1350. Back-formation from adiviñar. Compare Spanish adivino.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
adiviño m (plural adiviños, feminine adiviña, feminine plural adiviñas)
- soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, fortune-teller
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, pag. 85:
por que lle diserõ os adeujnos que avias de morrer ẽna batalla de Troya- because the soothsayers told you that you would die at the battle of Troy
Related terms
References
- “adeujno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “adeujno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “adiviño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “adiviño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “adiviño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
adiviño
- first-person singular present indicative of adiviñar