osmar

osmar

Galician

Alternative forms

• usmar, usmear

Etymology

From Late Latin osma, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή, ὀδμή (osmḗ, odmḗ, “odour, stench”). Compare Spanish husmear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [osˈmaɾ]

Verb

osmar (first-person singular present osmo, first-person singular preterite osmei, past participle osmado)

1. to sniff

   Synonyms: barruntar, cheirar

2. to sniff around

   Synonym: solermar

3. to spy, stalk

   Synonym: axexar

4. to have a feeling; to guess; to suspect; to foresee
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 737:

     Tanto que os tres caualeyros uirõ a manãa, subirõ en seus caualos, pero eýnda nõ era bẽ día claro, mais a lũa rray[a]ua moy bẽ et nihũ nõ podía osmar hu todos tres quiríã yr.

     As soon as the three knights saw the morning, they mounted their horses, however the day was not clear yet, but the moon was shinning bright and no one could guess where the three wanted to go

   Synonyms: barruntar, presentir

Conjugation

Conjugation of osmar

infinitive			osmar
gerund			osmando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		osmado		osmados
		feminine		osmada		osmadas
person		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	osmo	osmas	osma	osmamos	osmades	osman
	imperfect	osmaba	osmabas	osmaba	osmabamos	osmabades	osmaban
	preterite	osmei	osmaches	osmou	osmamos	osmastes	osmaron
	pluperfect	osmara	osmaras	osmara	osmaramos	osmarades	osmaran
	future	osmarei	osmarás	osmará	osmaremos	osmaredes	osmarán
	conditional	osmaría	osmarías	osmaría	osmariamos	osmariades	osmarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	osme	osmes	osme	osmemos	osmedes	osmen
	preterite	osmase	osmases	osmase	osmásemos	osmásedes	osmasen
	future	osmar	osmares	osmar	osmarmos	osmardes	osmaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	–	osma	osme	osmemos	osmade	osmen
	negative	–	osmes	osme	osmemos	osmedes	osmen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		osmar	osmares	osmar	osmarmos	osmardes	osmaren

References

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