alumear

alumear

Galician

Alternative forms

• alumar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alumẽar, from early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar, Spanish alumbrar.

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 nighttime

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

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	alumear
personal	alumear	alumeares	alumear	alumearmos	alumeardes	alumearen
Gerund
	alumeando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	alumeado			alumeados
feminine	alumeada			alumeadas
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	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	alumea	alumee	alumeemos	alumeade	alumeen
negative	–	alumees	alumee	alumeemos	alumeedes	alumeen

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, 2006–2018.
• “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.