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Galician
Etymology
de (“of”) a (“at”) cabalo (“horse”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
de a cabalo
- on horseback
- Synonym: a cabalo
Adjective
de a cabalo (invariable)
- mounted
- 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
con o permiso do noso Rey lebantou a terra as santas hirmandades das cibdades e vilas pagando cada hua seys omes soldados de a cabalo para conter e acudir ao remedio de tantos males- with the permission of our King, the Holly Brotherhoods of cities and towns raised the country, paying each one six hired mounted men for counter and solve so many wrongs
- Synonym: montado
Noun
de a cabalo m or f by sense (invariable)
- horserider
1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:poucos días había que alá xunta a Bacelo viñan sesenta de a cabalo, e preguntaronlle a un paisano por donde era o camiño para Lugo, e el guiounos para donde estaba unha gran braña, co mismo foi chegar a ela espetaronse de tal sorte cos cabalos, que anque traballasen toda unha mañá inda non sei si sairían; pero nomentras que sucedeu esto, foise o bon do paisano tocou de campanas, xuntouse a xente, e pegaron co eles de tal modo que asta que os despacharon non pararon- some days back, near Bacelo, there came 60 riders, and asked a countryman where was the way to Lugo; he guided them into a large marsh, and arriving there they get stuck with their horses in such a way that not even working for a whole morning they would be able to get out of it; but, meanwhile this was happening, the good countryman went away to toll the bells, the people gathered, and they stroke them in such a mood that they didn't stop until they dispatched them
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “de a cabalo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dacabalo”, 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), “de a cabalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “de a cabalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN