devalar

Galician

From de- val (“valley”) -ar. Compare Catalan davallar (“to descend”), from avall (“downwards”), from a- (“to”) ‎ vall (“valley”).^[1]

devalar (first-person singular present devalo, first-person singular preterite devalei, past participle devalado)

(intransitive) to recede a flood
(intransitive) to ebb, to wane (the moon or the tyde)
- 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A gaita gallega, page 155:
  E de ver alá en Cambados enfrente á terra do Meco cando devala a marea tanto chan que queda en seco
  Seeing there in Cambados, in front of the land of the Meco, when the tyde recedes, so much land that is drained out

Conjugation of devalar

Reintegrated conjugation of devalar (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	devalar
Personal	devalar	devalares	devalar	devalarmos	devalardes	devalarem
Gerund
	devalando
Past participle
Masculine	devalado			devalados
Feminine	devalada			devaladas
Indicative
Present	devalo	devalas	devala	devalamos	devalades, devalais	devalam
Imperfect	devalava	devalavas	devalava	devalávamos	devalávades, devaláveis, devalávais¹	devalavam
Preterite	devalei	devalaste, devalache¹	devalou	devalamos	devalastes	devalárom, devalaram
Pluperfect	devalara	devalaras	devalara	devaláramos	devalárades, devaláreis, devalárais¹	devalaram
Future	devalarei	devalarás	devalará	devalaremos	devalaredes, devalareis	devalarám, devalarão
Conditional	devalaria	devalarias	devalaria	devalaríamos	devalaríades, devalaríeis, devalaríais¹	devalariam
Subjunctive
Present	devale	devales	devale	devalemos	devaledes, devaleis	devalem
Imperfect	devalasse	devalasses	devalasse	devalássemos	devalássedes, devalásseis	devalassem
Future	devalar	devalares	devalar	devalarmos	devalardes	devalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		devala	devale	devalemos	devalade, devalai	devalem
Negative (nom)		nom devales	nom devale	nom devalemos	nom devaledes, nom devaleis	nom devalem

¹Less recommended.

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

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “valle”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos