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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mourisco. By surface analysis, mouro + -isco.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mourisco (feminine mourisca, masculine plural mouriscos, feminine plural mouriscas)
- Moorish (of or relating to Moors)
Noun
mourisco m (plural mouriscos)
- a variety of flax
- Synonym: liño mourisco
Further reading
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mourisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mourisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mourisco”, 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), “mourisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mourisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From mouro (“Moor”) + -isco. From Old Galician-Portuguese mourisco.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mourisco (feminine mourisca, masculine plural mouriscos, feminine plural mouriscas)
- Moorish (of or relating to Moors)
A arquitetura mourisca é verdadeiramente fascinante.- Moorish architecture is truly fascinating.