aluscar
Galician
FWOTD – 30 November 2017
Etymology
From a- + a derivative of Latin luscus (“one-eyed”); alternatively from Proto-Celtic *lowksko-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (“bright, light”). Confer lóstrego.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alusˈkaɾ/
Verb
aluscar (first-person singular present alusco, first-person singular preterite alusquei, past participle aluscado)
- (intransitive, impersonal) to flash (from lightning, etc)
- Synonyms: alustrar, lostregar, relampar, reluscar
Conjugation
- Note: alusc- are changed to alusqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of aluscar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | aluscar | |||||
| personal | aluscar | aluscares | aluscar | aluscarmos | aluscardes | aluscaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aluscando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | aluscado | aluscados | ||||
| feminine | aluscada | aluscadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | alusco | aluscas | alusca | aluscamos | aluscades | aluscan |
| imperfect | aluscaba | aluscabas | aluscaba | aluscabamos | aluscabades | aluscaban |
| preterite | alusquei | aluscaches | aluscou | aluscamos | aluscastes | aluscaron |
| pluperfect | aluscara | aluscaras | aluscara | aluscaramos | aluscarades | aluscaran |
| future | aluscarei | aluscarás | aluscará | aluscaremos | aluscaredes | aluscarán |
| conditional | aluscaría | aluscarías | aluscaría | aluscariamos | aluscariades | aluscarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | alusque | alusques | alusque | alusquemos | alusquedes | alusquen |
| preterite | aluscase | aluscases | aluscase | aluscásemos | aluscásedes | aluscasen |
| future | aluscar | aluscares | aluscar | aluscarmos | aluscardes | aluscaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | alusca | alusque | alusquemos | aluscade | alusquen |
| negative | – | alusques | alusque | alusquemos | alusquedes | alusquen |
References
- “aluscar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 195-196 – via De Gruyter.