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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn). Compare Portuguese mesquinho and Spanish mezquino.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesquiño m (plural mesquiños)
- (archaic) poor
- Synonym: pobre
Adjective
mesquiño (feminine mesquiña, masculine plural mesquiños, feminine plural mesquiñas)
- miserable
- Synonyms: miserable, ruín
- miserly; greedy
- Synonyms: avaro, avarento
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesquiño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mesq”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesquiño”, 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), “mesquiño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mesquiño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “mesquiño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024