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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermaria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from enfermo (“sick”) + -aría, Medieval Latin infirmaria (“hospital”).
Pronunciation
Noun
enfermaría f (plural enfermarías)
- (dated) infirmary, sickhouse, hospital
1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa [...] que seja ena enfermaria para os frayres doentes- Item, I bequeath to this monastery of Saint Francis a bed of clothes that must be in the infirmary for the use of ill friars
- infirmary (clinic or dispensary within another institution)
- nursing (profession of caring for patients as a nurse)
Verb
enfermaría
- first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfermaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfermaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enfermaría”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Verb
enfermaría
- first/third-person singular conditional of enfermar