alumear

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alumẽar, from Latin *alluminare, from Latin illūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar, Spanish alumbrar, French allumer, Italian alluminare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alumeˈaɾ/

Verb

alumear (first-person singular present alumeo, first-person singular preterite alumeei, past participle alumeado)

  1. (transitive) to illuminate
    • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 4:
      O quarto dia alumeou os çeos et a terra cõ o sol, et cõ a lũa, et com as estrellas; et posoas ẽno firmamento: osol por lo dia, et a lũa et as estrellas pera anoyte
      the fourth day He illuminated the skies and the earth with the sun, and with the moon, and with the stars; and He put them in the firmament: the sun during the day, the moon and the stars at nightime
  2. (transitive) to enlighten
  3. (transitive) to clarify
  4. (transitive) to shed light on
  5. (intransitive) to light
  6. (intransitive) to be perceptible
  7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) (transitive with con) to receive or use the light (of something)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of alumear
infinitive alumear
gerund alumeando
past participle singular plural
masculine alumeado alumeados
feminine alumeada alumeadas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present alumeo alumeas alumea alumeamos alumeades alumean
imperfect alumeaba alumeabas alumeaba alumeabamos alumeabades alumeaban
preterite alumeei alumeaches alumeou alumeamos alumeastes alumearon
pluperfect alumeara alumearas alumeara alumearamos alumearades alumearan
future alumearei alumearás alumeará alumearemos alumearedes alumearán
conditional alumearía alumearías alumearía alumeariamos alumeariades alumearían
subjunctive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present alumee alumees alumee alumeemos alumeedes alumeen
preterite alumease alumeases alumease alumeásemos alumeásedes alumeasen
future alumear alumeares alumear alumearmos alumeardes alumearen
imperative — ti Vde. nós vós Vdes.
affirmative — alumea alumee alumeemos alumeade alumeen
negative — alumees alumee alumeemos alumeedes alumeen
personal infinitive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
alumear alumeares alumear alumearmos alumeardes alumearen

References
  • “alumear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “alumear” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “alumear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “alumear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “alumear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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