marisma
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Marismas, ría de Ladrido, Ortigueira
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300, from Old Spanish marisma, from Mozarabic, from Latin ora maritima.
Pronunciation
Noun
marisma f (plural marismas)
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marisma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marisma”, 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), “marisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marisma.
Pronunciation
Noun
marisma f (plural marismas)
- marsh (area of low, wet land)
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin maritima, feminine of maritimus. Considering the Spanish word's /s/ and /i/, likely borrowed via Mozarabic. Compare Portuguese marisma, Catalan maresma, Italian maremma.
Pronunciation
Noun
marisma f (plural marismas)
- saltwater marsh, tideland marsh
- 1941, Roberto Arlt, El criador de gorilas, Odio desde la otra vida:
- Rápidamente se encontró en las orillas de una marisma, cargada de flexibles juncos.
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References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “mar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 838
Further reading
- “marisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014