alfar

From Vulgar Latin *ārfāre, from Latin ārefacere. 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. (pronominal, of grain) to wither, to dry

• alfa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfar”, 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), “alfar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alfar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alfar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024