merla
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Merla
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan merla, from Latin merula. Compare Occitan mèrla, Spanish mierla.
Pronunciation
Noun
merla f (plural merles, masculine merlot)
Derived terms
References
- “merla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “merla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “merla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “merla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
merla f (plural merlas)
- blackbird
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado.
- Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one, a crown
- Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado.
- 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “melr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merla”, 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), “merla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
merla f (plural merle)
Etymology 2
Verb
merla
- inflection of merlare: