engadir

From the older *enhadir (with <nh> /ŋ/),^[1] from Old Galician-Portuguese ẽader (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *innaddere, from in- (“in”) +‎ addēre (“to add”), from Latin addēre, present active infinitive of addō. Cognate to Spanish añadir and Old Galician-Portuguese emadir.^[2]

• IPA^(key):

engadir (first-person singular present engado, first-person singular preterite engadín, past participle engadido)
engadir (first-person singular present engado, first-person singular preterite engadim or engadi, past participle engadido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to add on, to append

   Synonym: amecer

2. to add
   • 1895, Antonio López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval. A Coruña: Andrés Martínez, Editor, page 46:

     pouco ou nada se pode engadir ao que el acaba de espresar con tanta verdá e elocuencia

     little or rather nothing can be added to what he has just expressed so truly and eloquently

   Synonym: agregar

• engandir mal a peor

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “eader”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eadia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engadir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “engadir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “engadir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN