liñaxe

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese linhage (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French lignage. Cognate with Portuguese linhagem and Spanish linaje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈɲaʃe/
  • Rhymes: -aʃe
  • Hyphenation: li‧ña‧xe

Noun

liñaxe f (plural liñaxes)

  1. lineage
    • 1345, A. Fernández Salgado (ed.), A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo. Tese de licenciatura (inédita) presentada na Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 22:
      mando que fiquen estes herdamentos ao meu parente máys chegado de sangre que veña en liña dereita que ueña de linagẽe de meu padre e meu
      I order that these properties are left to my closest blood relative, belonging to the straight line from the lineage of my father and mine
    Synonyms: caste, estirpe, fruxe

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