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Galician
Etymology
Obscure; perhaps from Arabic, or either from Mozarabic, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiata.[1] Cognate with Portuguese azorrague, Catalan xurriaques, and Spanish zurriaga.
Noun
azorrego m (plural azorregos)
- (dated) whip used to goad or direct animals
- Synonyms: látigo, chicote
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 69:Et pasando porllos ditos, hu ha gran roido et gran soon se se o Cauallo espantar no no deuen ferir con açorregos, nen con vara, nen con espora, mais deuen no trager mansamente, con hũa cana afaagandoo et lleuandoo porllos ditos llugares a miude- And passing by the mentioned places, where there is big noise and big sound, if the horse frightens, they should not wound him with whips nor with a stick, nor with spoor, rather they should bring him meekly, fondling him with a twig and taking him through this places often
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “açorrego”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azorrego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega