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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gẽerar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin generāre (“to produce”).
Pronunciation
Verb
xerar (first-person singular present xero, first-person singular preterite xerei, past participle xerado)
- to beget, conceive, generate by procreation
- Synonyms: concibir, procrear
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 57:o Cauallo que ha de geerar deue Seer esforçado et bem gouernado et non deuen en el caualgar nen traballar con el.- the horse who shall procreate must be hardworking and well behaved, and they should not ride him nor work with him
- to produce, originate
- Synonyms: orixinar, producir
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:geerase ajnda outra door dentro no corpo do Cauallo que uen de rretimento da vrina et faz jnchar a uixiga- and yet another pain is produced inside the body of the horse which comes from the retention of the urine, and it makes the bladder to swell
Conjugation
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “xerar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “xerar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xerar”, 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), “xerar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “xerar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024