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Galician
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peleja (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); back-formation from pelexar. Compare Portuguese peleja.
Pronunciation
Noun
pelexa f (plural pelexas)
- fight, quarrel
- 1444, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 182:
- considerando e veendo como ẽno tenpo presente se ocurren de cada dia moytos bandos, pelejas, desastres, revoltas, roubos, penoras, furtos, prijõos e outros moytos dapnos que veen e creçen de cada dia en este Regno de Galisa e espeçialmente en esta terra e arçobispo de Santiago
- considering and seeing how at the present time there happen every day many gangs, fights, disasters, revolts, robberies, pawns, thefts, kidnappings and many other harms that come and increase each day in this Kindgom of Galicia, and especially in this land and archbishop of Santiago
- Synonyms: agarrada, liorta, loita, rifa
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peleja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “peleja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pelexa”, 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), “pelexa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pelexa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
pelexa
- inflection of pelexar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative