raiar

• IPA^(key): /raˈjaɾ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese rayar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from raio (“ray”) +‎ -ar, perhaps corresponding to Latin radiō, radiāre, and thus a doublet of radiar. Compare Spanish rayar, Italian raggiare.

raiar (first-person singular present raio, first-person singular preterite raiei, past participle raiado)

1. to light up; to illuminate; to shine

   Synonyms: alumear, brillar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 737:

     Tanto que os tres caualeyros uirõ a manãa, subirõ en seus caualos, pero eýnda nõ era bẽ día claro, mais a lũa rray[a]ua moy bẽ et nihũ nõ podía osmar hu todos tres quiríã yr.

     As soon as the three knights saw the morning, they mounted their horses, however the day was not clear yet, but the moon was shinning bright and no one could guess where the three wanted to go

   • 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:

     E logo lles preguntei
     A donde este Homero estava;
     Mandaronme à Compostela,
     Y as Estrelas ja rayaban.

     And then I asked them
     Where this Homer was;
     They sent me to Compostela,
     And the stars already were shinning

2. (intransitive, of the sun or the day) to dawn; to break the day

   Synonym: amencer

• radio
• raio

From raia (“scratch”) +‎ -ar.

raiar (first-person singular present raio, first-person singular preterite raiei, past participle raiado)

1. (transitive) to draw lines or grooves

   Synonym: riscar

2. (intransitive) to border

   Synonyms: bordear, lindar, testar

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

From raio (“ray”) +‎ -ar, perhaps corresponding to Latin radiāre, and thus a doublet of radiar. Compare Spanish rayar, Italian raggiare.

raiar (first-person singular present raio, first-person singular preterite raiei, past participle raiado)

1. to light up; to illuminate; to shine

   Synonym: iluminar

   • 1972, “A Menina Dança”, in Acabou Chorare, performed by Novos Baianos:

     A menina ainda dança / Dentro da menina / Ainda dança / Até o sol raiar

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2. (intransitive, of the day or the morning) to break; to arrive

   Synonyms: amanhecer, clarear, nascer

   Antes do dia raiar.

   Before the day breaks.

• rádio
• raio

From raia (“scratch”) +‎ -ar.

raiar (first-person singular present raio, first-person singular preterite raiei, past participle raiado)

1. to draw lines or a line

   Synonym: riscar

2. to groove (to carve grooves in)

   Synonym: sulcar

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