alifafe
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aliˈfafe/
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Arabic لِحَاف (liḥāf, “quilt”).[1]
Noun
alifafe m (plural alifafes)
- (archaic) quilt
- Synonym: colcha
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Arabic نَفَخ (nafaḵ).[2]
Alternative forms
- aliface, alifaz
Noun
alifafe m (plural alifafes)
- (rare) affliction, infirmity
- Synonym: achaque
References
- “alifafe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “faf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alifafe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “alifafe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “alifafe II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “alifafe I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos