alfaiate

See also: Alfaiate

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [alfaˈi̯at̪ɪ]

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

  1. tailor
    Synonym: xastre

References
  • “alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “alfaiate” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “alfaiate” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”).

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

  1. tailor

Descendants
  • Galician: alfaiate
  • Portuguese: alfaiate

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fajˈa.te/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.te]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fɐˈja.tɨ/ [aɫ.fɐˈja.tɨ]

  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): [awfaɪ̯ˈati]
  • Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

  1. tailor
  2. pied avocet, a bird
  3. water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alfaiate

  1. inflection of alfaiatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading
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