orfo

Esperanto

Etymology

From English orphan, Italian orfano, etc., ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈorfo]
• Rhymes: -orfo
• Hyphenation: or‧fo

Noun

orfo (accusative singular orfon, plural orfoj, accusative plural orfojn)

1. orphan
   • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, volume 1, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, page 124:

     Invalidoj, vidvinoj kaj orfoj de l’ oficiroj postulis pension; nobelaj sinjoroj — kortegajn oficojn por la filoj.

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   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa, page 17:

     Kiu povas prikalkuli, kiom da fojoj en sia vivo li rigardis funebran veston de vidvino, palajn vizaĝojn kaj larmelacigitajn okulojn de orfoj?

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Hyponyms

• (neologism, nonstandard) orfiĉo (“male orphan”)
• orfino (“female orphan”)

Derived terms

• orfejo (“orphanage”)
• orfejestro (“head of an orphanage”)

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (orfoo). From Late Latin orphanus (“orphan”), from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós). Cognate with Portuguese órfão, Spanish huérfano. For the phonetic development of the ending, compare orgo (from Latin organum) and ravo (from Latin raphanus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾfo/ [ˈɔɾ.fʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾfo
• Hyphenation: or‧fo

Noun

orfo m (plural orfos, feminine orfa, feminine plural orfas)

1. orphan
   • 1320, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 75:

     fazemos e ordenamos á loor de Deus e da Uirgen Santa María, sa madre, conuén a saber: hua albergaría na vila de Monte Rey e que seia de Santi Espíritos, en que se collam os pobres e se cryen os orfos

     we build and order, for the Lord's and Saint Mary's, his mother, praise, this which follows: a hospital in the town of Monterrei, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, where the poor can be gathered and the orphans brought up

Adjective

orfo (feminine orfa, masculine plural orfos, feminine plural orfas)

1. left orphan, without parents

Related terms

• orfanato

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orfo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orfo”, 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), “orfo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN