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Estonian
Noun
padal
- adessive singular of pada
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese paadar, paadal, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum. Cognate with Portuguese padar and Spanish paladar.
Pronunciation
Noun
padal m (plural padais)
- palate
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 113:que se faz na boca do Cauallo hũa enfirmidade de jnchaço ou de llandooas llongas en maneira de amendooas que apertan de dentro as qeixadas tanto que o cauallo non pode comer, et aas uezes jnchase toda a boca et o paadal tanto que adur pode comer- that is made in the mouth of the horse a disease of swelling or of long glands, in the manner of almonds, that tighten from the inside the horse's jaws, so much that the horse can't even eat, and sometimes all the mouth and the palate swell so much that hardly can he eat
References
- “paadal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “padal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “padal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “padal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.