aluscar

Galician

FWOTD – 30 November 2017

Etymology

From a- + a derivative of Latin luscus (one-eyed); alternatively from Proto-Celtic *lowksko-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (bright, light). Confer lóstrego.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (to shine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alusˈkaɾ/

Verb

aluscar (first-person singular present alusco, first-person singular preterite alusquei, past participle aluscado)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to flash (from lightning, etc)
    Synonyms: alustrar, lostregar, relampar, reluscar

Conjugation

References

  • aluscar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 195-196 – via De Gruyter.
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