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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coitado／cuitado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). By surface analysis, coitar (“to afflict”) + -ado. Compare Portuguese coitado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
coitado (feminine coitada, masculine plural coitados, feminine plural coitadas)
- pitiful, wretched, afflicted
- pusillanimous
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coytado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coytad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coitado”, 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), “coitado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coitado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From coitar + -ado.
Adjective
coitado m (plural coitados, feminine coitada, feminine plural coitadas)
- pitiful, wretched, afflicted
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
coitado m (plural coitados)
- wretch
Participle
coitado
- past participle of coitar
Further reading
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “coitado”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “coitado”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coitado／cuitado. By surface analysis, coitar + -ado. Compare Galician coitado.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: coi‧ta‧do
Adjective
coitado (feminine coitada, masculine plural coitados, feminine plural coitadas)
- pitiful, wretched
Noun
coitado m (plural coitados, feminine coitada, feminine plural coitadas)
- wretch
Derived terms
Participle
coitado (feminine coitada, masculine plural coitados, feminine plural coitadas)
- past participle of coitar