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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. From Andalusian Arabic , from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs. Compare Spanish marrano.
Pronunciation
Noun
marrán m (plural marráns, feminine marrá, feminine plural marrás)
- pig, swine; sow
- 1308, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 84:
- vna galina τ vn cabrito τ vna marráá
- a hen, and a kid and a sow
- Synonyms: bácoro, cocho, porco, quino
Derived terms
Adjective
marrán (feminine marrá, masculine plural marráns, feminine plural marrás)
- foul
- Synonyms: porco, suxo
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marrãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marrán”, 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), “marrán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marrán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN