morcego

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Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

morcego

Alternative forms

murcego, muricego

Etymology

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus

Old Galician-Portuguese murcego

Galician morcego

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese murcego, from Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus (“blind mouse”). Compare Portuguese morcego, Spanish murciélago.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /moɾˈθeɡo/ , /mɔɾˈθɛɡo/
IPA^(key): (gheada) /moɾˈθeħo/ , /mɔɾˈθɛħo/
IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /moɾˈseħo/ , /mɔɾˈsɛħo/

Rhymes: -eɡo, -ɛɡo
Rhymes: -eħo, -ɛħo

Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos)

bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
Synonym: quiróptero

Derived terms

Morcegueira

References

“morcego”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morcego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “morcego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morcego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

morcego

Morcego

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus

Old Galician-Portuguese murcego

Portuguese morcego

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese murcego, from Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus, by surface analysis, mure (“mouse”) +‎ cego (“blind”). Compare Galician morcego, Spanish murciélago.

Alternative forms

morcêgo (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈse.ɡu/ , /muʁˈse.ɡu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈse.ɡu/, /muɾˈse.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈse.ɡu/ , /muʁˈse.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈse.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈse.ɡu/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mohˈse.ɡu/
Rhymes: -eɡu
Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Noun

morcego m (plural morcegos, feminine (uncommon) morcega, feminine plural (uncommon) morcegas)

bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
Synonym: quiróptero
(figurative, colloquial) night person

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈsɛ.ɡu/ , /muʁˈsɛ.ɡu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈsɛ.ɡu/, /muɾˈsɛ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈsɛ.ɡu/ , /muʁˈsɛ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈsɛ.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈsɛ.ɡu/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mohˈsɛ.ɡu/
Rhymes: -ɛɡu
Hyphenation: mor‧ce‧go

Verb

morcego

first-person singular present indicative of morcegar

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