xaxún

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *jajun (attested in the plural jajũus, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin iēiūnium (“fast”), from iēiūnus (“hungry, abstinent”), from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Portuguese jejum, French jeûne and Spanish ayuno. Doublet of the borrowed xexuno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈʃuŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • Hyphenation: xa‧xún

Noun

xaxún m (plural xaxúns)

  1. fast, fasting (abstention from food)
    • c. 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid, C.S.I.C., page 200:
      Crees tu que atã grã pecado com̃o tu fezeche, que che seja perdoado por lagremas et por jajũus?
      Do you believe, given such a big sin as you did, that it will be forgiven through tears and fastings?
  2. fast, fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)

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