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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old French (compare French saindoux), from Vulgar Latin *saginum, from Latin sagīna (“fatness”).
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Pronunciation
Noun
saín m (plural saíns)
- fish oil, which was used for lighting
- lard; rendered lard
- Synonym: pingo
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
saín
- first-person singular preterite indicative of saír
References
- “sayn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “saín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “saín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “saín” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *sagīnum, from Latin sagīna. To explain the absence of a final vowel, Coromines posits a borrowing from either Leonese, where /-inu/ > /-in/ is common, or Aragonese, where loss of final /o/ is common.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: sa‧ín
Noun
saín m (plural saines)
- fish oil, which was used for lighting
- lard; rendered lard
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