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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate and Asturian alfayate.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
- tailor
- Synonym: xastre
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alfaiate”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alfaiate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Leonese alfayat.
Noun
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
- tailor
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.
Noun
alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)
- tailor
- pied avocet, a bird
- water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
alfaiate
- inflection of alfaiatar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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