xordo

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin surdus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃoɾdo/
  • Rhymes: -oɾdo
  • Syllabification: xor‧do

Adjective

xordo (feminine xorda, masculine plural xordos, feminine plural xordas)

  1. deaf
  2. (linguistics) voiceless

Noun

xordo m (plural xordos, feminine xorda, feminine plural xordas)

  1. a deaf person

References

  • sordo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Adjective

xordo

  1. neuter of xordu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin surdus. Cognate with Portuguese surdo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

xordo (feminine xorda, masculine plural xordos, feminine plural xordas)

  1. deaf
    • 1457, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:
      dixe aos dictos freyres en como eu era e soon ome que paso de ydade de noueenta annos et fraco e inpotente do corpo e çego et algun tanto xordo, por los quaes defeutos et inpidimentos naturaes eu non poso procurar, admenestrar, defender, anparar et gouernar enno spiritual et tenporal o dicto moesteiro
      I told those friars thence that since I was and am a man that surpass the age of ninety years, and am weak and powerless in my body, and blind, and somehow deaf, that because of these defects and natural impediments I can not procure, administer, defend, protect and govern in spiritual and temporal matters said monastery
  2. (linguistics) unvoiced

Noun

xordo m (plural xordos, feminine xorda, feminine plural xordas)

  1. deaf person

References