genete

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic زَنَاتِيّ (zanātiyy). Cognate with Old Spanish ginete.

    Adjective

    genete m or f (plural genetes)

    1. (relational) Zenata
      • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Xeral Historia [General Story], translation of General Estoria (in Old Spanish); republished as Ramón Martínez López, editor, General Estoria: versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, 1963, page 200:
        Et deste Ysmael vierom outrosy os barbaros gazules, et genetes, et todas las maneyras de alaraues daqueles que moram [em] tẽdas et nõ querem morar em casas […]
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    Noun

    genete m (plural genetes)

    1. African horseman
      Hypernym: cavaleiro

    Descendants

    • Galician: xinete
    • Portuguese: ginete

    References

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