alfaiate

See also: Alfaiate

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate and Asturian alfayate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alfaˈi̯at̪ɪ]

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor

   Synonym: xastre

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alfaiate”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alfaiate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Leonese alfayat.

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor

Descendants

• Galician: alfaiate
• Portuguese: alfaiate

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "alfaiate"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fajˈa.te/ [aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐˈja.tɨ/ [aɫ.fɐˈja.tɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [awfaɪ̯ˈati]
• Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

1. tailor
2. pied avocet, a bird
3. water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alfaiate

1. inflection of alfaiatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alfaiate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024