porfillar
Galician
Alternative forms
- aporfillar, profillar
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From the compound por (“for”) + fillo (“son”). Compare Portuguese perfilhar and Spanish prohijar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poɾfiˈʎaɾ]
Verb
porfillar (first-person singular present porfillo, first-person singular preterite porfillei, past participle porfillado)
- (transitive) to adopt, affiliate
- 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 167:
- cõmo dito he et Abraã et Sarra nõ aviam fillo nẽgum, et porfillou Abraã a Loth, seu [sobriño]
- as it has been said, Abraham and Sarah have no child, and so Abraham affiliated Lot, his nephew
Conjugation
References
- “porfillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rfill” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “porfillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “porfillar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “porfillar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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