amencer

Galician

Amencer

Alternative forms

  • amaecer, amancer, ameicer, amañecer, mencer

Etymology

13th century (amaeçer). From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *amãescer, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *admanescere, from Latin mane (morning). Compare Portuguese amanhecer, Mirandese amanhecer, Asturian amanecer, Spanish amanecer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amenˈθeɾ/, /amenˈseɾ/

Noun

amencer m (plural amenceres)

  1. dawn
    Synonym: alborada

Verb

amencer (first-person singular present amenzo, first-person singular preterite amencín, past participle amencido)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn
  2. (intransitive) to wake up (to cease to sleep)
    Synonym: espertar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Ponte Maceira

References

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