engadir

Galician

Etymology

From the older *enhadir (with <nh> /ŋ/),[1] from Old Portuguese ẽadir, from Latin in- (in) + addēre (to add), from Latin addēre, present active infinitive of addō. Cognate to Spanish añadir and to Old Portuguese (proper) emadir.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eŋɡaˈðiɾ/

Verb

engadir (first-person singular present engado, first-person singular preterite engadín, past participle engadido)

  1. to add on, to append
  2. to add
    • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: CSIC, page
      et leuarõno ante o juyz, et atormentarõno por feridas de tal gisa que lle paresçiã os osos et nõ choraua nẽ rrogaua que o leixasem, mais a grãdes braados dezia esto que disera et eadia mais:[...]
      they took him to the judge, and they tortured him in such a way that his bones were visible but he didn't cry or ask for mercy, but shouting loudly he said this that he had said, and he even added more: [...]
    • 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

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References

  • eadia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • engadir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • engadir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. añadir.
  2. Machado, José Pedro (1956). Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, s.v. ader.
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