prenhe

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *praegnis (“pregnant”), from Latin praegnās (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

prenhe f

  1. pregnant (carrying developing offspring within the body)
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
      Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
      This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.
    • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 177:
      Iten declaro por esta ora en que jazo que segun meu entendemento que he meu fillo Gonzalo, o que cria Juan Oubel, neto de Basco do Vilar he que aquela ora que dormin con sua may segun meu entendimentto que la ficou preñe de min deste mozo.
      Item, I declare now as I lie that, according to my understanding, Gonzalo, who is being raised by Juan Oubel, grandson of Vasco do Vilar, is my son; and that that time that I slept with his mother I think she got pregnant from me with this kid

Descendants

  • Galician: preñe
  • Portuguese: prenhe

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prenhe (“pregnant”), from Vulgar Latin *praegnis (“pregnant”), from Latin praegnās (“pregnant”).

Cognate with Galician preñe.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pre‧nhe

Adjective

prenhe m or f (plural prenhes)

  1. (of an animal) pregnant
    Ontem, a vaca prenhe pariu um bezerro.
    The pregnant cow delivered a calf yesterday.
  2. (of a person, derogatory) knocked up, preggie, preggo
    Synonym: grávida
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