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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobejo, ultimately a term derived from Latin super. Compare Portuguese sobejo, Old Spanish sobejo, Italian soverchio.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
sobexo m (plural sobexos)
- surplus, excess
1347, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 280:It. mando que todas las doas que eu ouuer a o tempo de miña morte assy adubos de panos como yrilandas [grilandas] e relicas [pelicas] e cintas e outras qualesquer doas que eu aia e sse pola uentura estouuere delas ou todas en penora mando que sse tiren e sse den a o prior ffrey Johan nunes con todos los panos de uestir que ouver e teuer a tempo de miña morte e el que faça por todo hun calez de prata e hunha boa uestimenta para a dita capela de ssan Jurgio e sse y mays montar o ssobeyo que ficar mando a o dito prior que me faça con el diser misas de Requiem por miña alma- Item: I order that every trinket that I have at the time of my death, clothing ornaments as well as garlands, pelts, ribbons, and any other trinket that I may have -and in case that they were pawned I command that they should be redeemed- they should give them to the prior, the friar Johan Nunes, with all of the clothes that I have at the time of my dead; and that he must do, with all of these, a silver chalice and a good vestment for said chapel of Saint George; and if the left surplus is larger, then I order said prior to use it to say requiem masses for my soul
Adjective
sobexo (feminine sobexa, masculine plural sobexos, feminine plural sobexas)
- (archaic) excessive
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sobejo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “sobejo” 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), “sobexo”, 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), “sobexo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sobexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN