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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century (gordeen). From gordo (“fat”) + -én.
Pronunciation
Noun
gordén f (plural gordéns)
- fatness, obesity
- Synonym: gordura
- fat tissue
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 99:Outra enfirmidade ueo ao Cauallo apreso do polmo que sarra os furados de dentro porque espira o polmon pello qual çarramento o Cauallo adur pode soprar como lle conuen, et fazeselle que sopra moito porllos nares et ferenlle ou lateianlle os jllaes, a qual door auen ligeiramente ao Cauallo groso, ca por rrazon do traballo desagisado et da caentura et da gordeen que se dessolue ençarranse ao Cauallo as arterias do polmon- Another sickness come to the horse suffering polmo which closes the holes inside for which the lung breathes, and because of that closeness the horse cannot blow as needed, and makes him blow a lot for the nostrils and his flanks throb or hurt; and said sickness come promptly to the fat horse, because of the disturbed work and of the heat and of the fat that gets dissolved the horse's lung arteries close
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gordeen”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gordén”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “gordén”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gordén”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN