laiar

Galician

Alternative forms

• alaiar

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 18th century. Perhaps from lais (“song”); the semantic evolution would be "to sing", then "to sing (a sad song)", then "to mourn, to complain".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈjaɾ/

Verb

laiar (first-person singular present laio, first-person singular preterite laiei, past participle laiado)

1. to wail

   Synonym: lanxir

2. to groan
3. to complain
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Deixame estàr à meu cabo
     layandome do meu mal,
     que abo fèllas farto teño;
     grasias aDeus, que mo dà!
     Dòncheme tànto as sofràxes
     ô Peito, è aínda màis,
     que de dia, nin de nòite
     eu nunca podo acougàr.

     Let me be alone
     complaining about my sickness,
     which, by God, I have more than enough;
     thanks God, who gives that to me!
     My houghs hurt so bad,
     and my chest, and even more,
     that neither day nor night
     can I settle down

Conjugation

Related terms

• laído
• laio
• salaiar

References

• “layar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “laiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “laiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “laiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.