seica
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese sei ca (since the 13th century, used by the Galician Pero da Ponte), from sei (“I know”) + que (“that”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editseica
- (idiomatic) so they say; apparently, reportedly; probably; perhaps, perchance
- Synonym: disque
- —Disque el manda na súa casa: seica ten can.
- —He rules in his own home, so they say: probably he has a dog.
- —Aprobaches? —Seica si.
- —Did you passed (the exam)? —Apparently I did.
- 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
- —E que ay? como lle bai? Tan cedo à beira do rrio? Seica ben toma-lo frio alor dà calor que bai?
- —What's up? How do you do? So soon at the bank of the river? Perchance you came to take some fresh air because it's hot?
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Ôu mèu Crego? Seica qués,
que eu vote a lengoa â pastàr?
Catao ben, e despois non
che pese, ò que ágora fás.- Oh, my clergyman? Reportedly you want
that I let my tongue free range?
Watch it carefully, or either don't you later
regret what you do now
- Oh, my clergyman? Reportedly you want
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sei ca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seica”, 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), “seica”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seica”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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