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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese decer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *descidere,[1] from descendo (“dēscendere”). Doublet of the borrowing descender. Cognate with Portuguese descer and Old Spanish deçir.
Pronunciation
Verb
decer (first-person singular present dezo, first-person singular preterite decín, past participle decido)
- (dated) to descend, to go down
- Synonyms: baixar, descender
- Antonyms: ascender, poxar, subir, upar
1390, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 806:quando chegou aos visos altos que som alende da ponte, deceu cõ hũu daquelles caualeyros que leuaua- when he arrived to one of those high vantage points that are beyond the bridge, he descended with one of those knights he kept with him
1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio:Enton, nosa dona deceuse, à pè quedo, do seu carricoche- Then our lady descended, sure-footed, from her carriage
Conjugation
Conjugation of decer (c-z alternation)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “decer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “decer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “decer”, 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), “decer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “descer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *descidere, from dēscendere. Cognate with Old Spanish deçir.
Pronunciation
Verb
decer
- to descend, to go down
Conjugation
- Third person singular present tense: dece
- Second person plural present tense: decedes
- Third person plural past tense: deceron
- Third singular future tense: decerá
Descendants
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