Noun: propheta
Gender: m
Sample Sentences
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dixo el ppħa [propheta] lo q̃ el criador puſie / re em mi boca eſſo fablare[…] (The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak.") [13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 42ra:]
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agora por eſto ppħizauan tus / pphetas falsedat. (And now because of this your prophets make false prophecies.) [13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 42rb:]
Nouns inflected like propheta
sennor,
sastre,
estrellero,
arçobispado,
guarnimiento,
bezahar,
bezerro,
ysmael,
lenguage,
ivierno,
culuebro,
peligro,
culantro,
sacerdot,
mercader,
zebech,
blancor,
palafre,
ponient,
poderio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
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