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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese açor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. Cognate with Portuguese açor and Spanish azor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈθoɾ/, (western) /aˈsoɾ/
Noun
azor m (plural azores)
- (ornithology) a goshawk bird
O azor no pau, e o falcón na mau. (proverb)- The goshawk in the spear, and the falcon on the hand.
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:Outras uezes fazía cõbater serpentes et peleiar grifos et liões et fazía caçar falcões et gaujães et açores et outras aues- Other times he would make serpents fight, and gryphons and lions, and he would make falcons hunt, and sparrow-hawks and goshawks and other birds
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “açor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “açor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “azor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish aztor, adtor, from Vulgar Latin *acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. For the simplification of the cluster, compare rezar from recitāre and plazo from placitum.
Pronunciation
Noun
azor m (plural azores)
- (ornithology) a goshawk bird
Derived terms
Further reading