xacer

Galician

Aqui jaz o cantor da raza galega Eduardo Pondal. Finou en VIII de marzo ano MCMXVII ("Here lies the singer of the Galician race, Eduardo Pondal. He ended March 8, 1917").

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jazer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin iacere. Cognate with Portuguese jazer and Spanish yacer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈθeɾ/

Verb

xacer (first-person singular present xazo, first-person singular preterite xacín, past participle xacido)

  1. to lie
  2. to recline

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • xacente

Noun

xacer m (plural xaceres)

  1. rest
    • 1813, Xan de Mingucho, (a letter):
      estou de mal xacer, porque nesta noite pasada unhas malas almas me esfolaron seis carballos que tiña moi estimados, como o están facendo a outros moitos, solo por vender a casca ós coireiros das frábecas
      I'm badly rested (lit. I'm in bad rest), because this last night some bad souls stripped six oaks which I had in great esteem, as they are doing to many others, just for selling the bark to the furriers of the factories

References

  • jazer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • jaz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • xacer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • xacer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • xacente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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