debullar
Galician
Alternative forms
- desbullar
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese debullar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *depoliāre, from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre (“to plunder”). Doublet of esbullar and despoxar.
Compare Portuguese debulhar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deβuˈʎaɾ/
Verb
debullar (first-person singular present debullo, first-person singular preterite debullei, past participle debullado)
- (transitive) to pluck, shell, separate the grain from the straw, husk or corncob, usually by hand
- 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:
- Rosiña, filla dos vellos, entretíñase en debullar dos carozos os graus do millo da última cosecha.
- Little Rose, daughter of the old couple, entertained herself plucking the last harvest maize grains from the cob
- Rosiña, filla dos vellos, entretíñase en debullar dos carozos os graus do millo da última cosecha.
- Synonyms: debagar, deluvar
- 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:
- (transitive, archaic) to plunder
- 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 262:
- vyña a todos grande dapno e perjuiso e desonrra e vitoperio de asy seeren desbullados e desapoderados de seus bees contra rasón e dereito
- a great harm came over all of them, and prejudice, dishonor and vituperation, because of them being bereft and dispossessed of their properties against reason and right
- vyña a todos grande dapno e perjuiso e desonrra e vitoperio de asy seeren desbullados e desapoderados de seus bees contra rasón e dereito
- 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 262:
Conjugation
Conjugation of debullar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | debullar | |||||
| personal | debullar | debullares | debullar | debullarmos | debullardes | debullaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| debullando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | debullado | debullados | ||||
| feminine | debullada | debulladas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | debullo | debullas | debulla | debullamos | debullades | debullan |
| imperfect | debullaba | debullabas | debullaba | debullabamos | debullabades | debullaban |
| preterite | debullei | debullaches | debullou | debullamos | debullastes | debullaron |
| pluperfect | debullara | debullaras | debullara | debullaramos | debullarades | debullaran |
| future | debullarei | debullarás | debullará | debullaremos | debullaredes | debullarán |
| conditional | debullaría | debullarías | debullaría | debullariamos | debullariades | debullarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | debulle | debulles | debulle | debullemos | debulledes | debullen |
| preterite | debullase | debullases | debullase | debullásemos | debullásedes | debullasen |
| future | debullar | debullares | debullar | debullarmos | debullardes | debullaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | debulla | debulle | debullemos | debullade | debullen |
| negative | – | debulles | debulle | debullemos | debulledes | debullen |
Related terms
- esbullar
References
- “debullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “desbul” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “debullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “debullar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “debullar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.