morriña
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate of Portuguese morrinha and English murrain.
Pronunciation
Noun
morriña f (plural morriñas)
- longing; nostalgia; homesickness
- (1986), Luís Caparrós Esperante, O Tempo como Castigo na Lírica de Rosalía in Actas do Congresso Internacional de estudios sobre Rosalía de Castro e o seu tempo, Consello da Cultura Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 158:
- A morriña de Galicia confúndese coa morriña do pasado; a morriña do emigrante aseméllase á morriña polos bos tempos idos.
- The longing for Galicia is confused with the longing for the past; the emigrant’s longing is similar to the longing for good times gone by.
- A morriña de Galicia confúndese coa morriña do pasado; a morriña do emigrante aseméllase á morriña polos bos tempos idos.
- (1986), Luís Caparrós Esperante, O Tempo como Castigo na Lírica de Rosalía in Actas do Congresso Internacional de estudios sobre Rosalía de Castro e o seu tempo, Consello da Cultura Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 158:
- murrain
- grime
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morriña”, 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), “morriña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morriña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).
Pronunciation
Noun
morriña f (uncountable)
- (pathology, veterinary medicine) murrain
- Synonyms: comalia, hidropesía, zangarriana
- (colloquial) homesickness, nostalgia
- Synonyms: añoranza, melancolía, musepo, nostalgia
- (Andalusia, Canary Islands) sleepiness, somnolence, especially following a meal
- Synonym: modorra
- (Canary Islands) drizzle
Further reading
- “morriña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- “morriña”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos, Academia Canaria de La Lengua, 2010