alfar

From Vulgar Latin *ārfāre, from Latin ārefacere, present active infinitive of ārefaciō. Cognate with Portuguese arfar.

• IPA^(key): /alˈfaɾ/

alfar (first-person singular present alfo, first-person singular preterite alfei, past participle alfado)

1. (intransitive, of grain) to wither, to dry
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, of grain) to wither, to dry

• alfa

• “alfar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “alfar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alfar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

alfar

1. nominative plural of alfr

• alfaar, alfahar

From Andalusian Arabic الْفَخَّار‎ (al-faḵḵār), from Arabic فَخَّار‎ (faḵḵār, “pottery”), from Aramaic פחרא‎ / ܦܚܪܐ‎ (paḵḵārā), from Akkadian 𒁃 (BAḪAR₂ /paḫāru/).

• IPA^(key): /alˈfaɾ/ [alˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧far

alfar m (plural alfares)

1. clay

   Synonym: arcilla

2. clay workshop

• “alfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014