cinguir

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kenk-

Proto-Italic *kengō?

Latin cingere

Old Galician-Portuguese cingir

Galician cinguir

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cingir, from Latin cingere, possibly from Proto-Italic *kengō, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to gird, tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiŋˈɡiɾ/, /siˈɲiɾ/

Verb

cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguín, past participle cinguido)
cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguim or cingui, past participle cinguido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to encircle, girdle, adjust (clothing)
   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:

     outra cinta pequena de coyro de lobo gornida de prata que eu trago cingida

     another small band, of wolf hide, garnished with silver, that I bring adjusted [I'm wearing]

2. (transitive) to connect, unite
3. (transitive) to limit, restrict
4. (figurative) to strike

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinguir (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cinguir
Personal	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguiren
Gerund
	cinguindo
Past participle
Masculine	cinguido			cinguidos
Feminine	cinguida			cinguidas
Indicative
Present	cingo	cingues	cingue	cinguimos	cinguides	cinguen
Imperfect	cinguía	cinguías	cinguía	cinguiamos	cinguiades	cinguían
Preterite	cinguín	cinguiches	cinguiu	cinguimos	cinguistes	cinguiron
Pluperfect	cinguira	cinguiras	cinguira	cinguiramos	cinguirades	cinguiran
Future	cinguirei	cinguirás	cinguirá	cinguiremos	cinguiredes	cinguirán
Conditional	cinguiría	cinguirías	cinguiría	cinguiriamos	cinguiriades	cinguirían
Subjunctive
Present	cinga	cingas	cinga	cingamos	cingades	cingan
Imperfect	cinguise	cinguises	cinguise	cinguísemos	cinguísedes	cinguisen
Future	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguiren
Imperative
Affirmative		cingue	cinga	cingamos	cinguide	cingan
Negative (non)		non cingas	non cinga	non cingamos	non cingades	non cingan

    Reintegrated conjugation of cinguir (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cinguir
Personal	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguirem
Gerund
	cinguindo
Past participle
Masculine	cinguido			cinguidos
Feminine	cinguida			cinguidas
Indicative
Present	cingo	cingues	cingue	cinguimos	cinguides, cinguis	cinguem
Imperfect	cinguia	cinguias	cinguia	cinguíamos	cinguíades, cinguíeis, cinguíais1	cinguiam
Preterite	cinguim, cingui	cinguiste, cinguiche1	cinguiu	cinguimos	cinguistes	cinguírom, cinguiram
Pluperfect	cinguira	cinguiras	cinguira	cinguíramos	cinguírades, cinguíreis, cinguírais1	cinguiram
Future	cinguirei	cinguirás	cinguirá	cinguiremos	cinguiredes, cinguireis	cinguirám, cinguirão
Conditional	cinguiria	cinguirias	cinguiria	cinguiríamos	cinguiríades, cinguiríeis, cinguiríais1	cinguiriam
Subjunctive
Present	cinga	cingas	cinga	cingamos	cingades, cingais	cingam
Imperfect	cinguisse	cinguisses	cinguisse	cinguíssemos	cinguíssedes, cinguísseis	cinguissem
Future	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguirem
Imperative
Affirmative		cingue	cinga	cingamos	cinguide, cingui	cingam
Negative (nom)		nom cingas	nom cinga	nom cingamos	nom cingades, nom cingais	nom cingam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cinguideiro

Related terms

• cinto

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cingir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cing”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinguir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cinguir”, 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), “cinguir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega