esfullar

From es- +‎ fulla +‎ -ar. Compare exfoliar, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.fuˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [es.fuˈʎaɾ]

esfullar (first-person singular present esfullo, first-person singular preterite esfullí, past participle esfullat)

1. (transitive) to remove leaves/petals from, to thin
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose leaves/petals
   • 1947, Sebastià Juan Arbó, Tina Costa:

     Darrera el balcó les branques s'esfullaven; les fulles queien lentament, com si fossin el plor dels arbres.

     Behind the balcony the branches were losing their leaves; the leaves fell slowly, as if they were the tears of the trees.

• “esfullar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.