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)

  1. (transitive) to adopt, affiliate
    Synonyms: adoptar, afillar
    • 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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