ferruxe

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Galician

Ferruxe

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Etymology

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *ferrugẽ, from Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginem (“iron rust”). Cognate with Portuguese ferrugem.

Pronunciation

Noun

ferruxe f (plural ferruxes)

  1. iron rust
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:
      Para esto val a ferruien mesturada con sal et con azeyte.
      For this is useful the iron rust admixed with salt and olive oil
  2. stem rust (Puccinia graminis)

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References

  • “ferru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ferruxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ferruxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ferruxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hierro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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