lousar

Galician
A traditional lousado or roof tilled with lousa in northern Galicia

Alternative forms
  • loixar, louxar

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From lousa (“flagstone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lowˈsaɾ/

Verb

lousar (first-person singular present louso, first-person singular preterite lousei, past participle lousado)

  1. (transitive) to roof with flagstones (usually made of slate)
  2. (transitive) to pave with flagstones
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:
      fezo Abderamẽ lousar et est[r]ar de pedra todas [as] cales de Cordoua
      Abd al-Rahman ordered to pave in stone every street in Cordoba

Conjugation
Conjugation of lousar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal lousar
personal lousar lousares lousar lousarmos lousardes lousaren
Gerund
lousando
Past participle singular plural
masculine lousado lousados
feminine lousada lousadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present louso lousas lousa lousamos lousades lousan
imperfect lousaba lousabas lousaba lousabamos lousabades lousaban
preterite lousei lousaches lousou lousamos lousastes lousaron
pluperfect lousara lousaras lousara lousaramos lousarades lousaran
future lousarei lousarás lousará lousaremos lousaredes lousarán
conditional lousaría lousarías lousaría lousariamos lousariades lousarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present louse louses louse lousemos lousedes lousen
preterite lousase lousases lousase lousásemos lousásedes lousasen
future lousar lousares lousar lousarmos lousardes lousaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – lousa louse lousemos lousade lousen
negative – louses louse lousemos lousedes lousen

Derived terms
  • enlousar (“to pave, to roof”)
  • lousado (“roof tilled with flagstones”)

References
  • “lousar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “lousar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “lousar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lousar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lousar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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