fanar

From Old Galician-Portuguese fanar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Perhaps from Paleo-Hispanic *fann- or *wann-.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /faˈnaɾ/ [faˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧nar

fanar (first-person singular present fano, first-person singular preterite fanei, past participle fanado)

1. (transitive) to lop, lop off
2. (transitive) to cripple; to amputate
3. (transitive) to prune

   Synonym: podar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fanar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fanar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fanar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fanar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fanar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fanar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

fanar (present tense fanas, past tense fanis, future tense fanos, imperative fanez, conditional fanus)

1. to winnow
2. to fan
3. to husk

Borrowed from Greek φανάρι (fanári).

fanar n (plural fanare)

1. a lamp

From Vulgar Latin *fenare, from Latin faenum (“hay”).

fanar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) to make hay

• (Rumantsch Grischun) far fain
• (Sursilvan) far fein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) far fagn
• (Puter) fer cul fain
• (Vallader) far cun fain

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fanadur
• (Sursilvan) fenadur
• (Surmiran) fanadour