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Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Arabic لِحَاف (liḥāf, “quilt”).
Noun
alifafe m (plural alifafes)
- (archaic) quilt
- Synonym: colcha
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Arabic نَفَخ (nafaḵ).
Noun
alifafe m (plural alifafes)
- (rare) affliction, infirmity
- Synonym: achaque
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alifafe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “faf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “alifafe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “alifafe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.