irto

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See also: irto- and irtó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese yrto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērēctus. Despite the resemblance, unlikely to derive from Latin hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”). Cf. Portuguese hirto, Spanish yerto.

Pronunciation

Adjective

irto (feminine irta, masculine plural irtos, feminine plural irtas)

  1. stiff
    Synonym: rixo
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 667:
      Et, desque o ouuerõ sacado, estaua o corpo tã yrto que se nõ dobraua a nenhũu cabo, et sua carne muy lĩpa et muy colorado, que semellaua viuo
      And, as soon as they took him out, the body was so stiff that it did not bend to any extent, and his flesh was very clean and colorful, to the point that he seemed alive
  2. (of metals) fragile

References

  • “yrto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “yrto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “irto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “irto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “irto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hīrtus (“hairy, shaggy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈir.to/
  • Rhymes: -irto
  • Hyphenation: ìr‧to

Adjective

irto (feminine irta, masculine plural irti, feminine plural irte)

  1. bristly, shaggy, prickly, spiked, bristling (of hair)
    Synonyms: irsuto, ispido
  2. (by extension) steep, rough, bold, difficult
    Synonyms: arduo, aspro, difficile, erto, ritto

Further reading

  • irto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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