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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meezinha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin medicina (“drug”). Cognate with Portuguese mezinha. Doublet of medicina.
Pronunciation
Noun
menciña f (plural menciñas)
- home remedy; medicine; drug
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:Et eu te ensinarey meezinas conuiniuijs para esta door que chaman uerme en esta maneira- And I'll teach you the appropriate drugs for this pain that they call worm, in this manner
- (archaic) poisson
Derived terms
References
- “meezinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “meez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “menciña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “menciña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “menciña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.