toxal

Galician

Toxal

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century, as togal and tojal. Toxo (“gorse”) +‎ -al, "place with".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈʃal/

Noun

toxal m (plural toxais)

1. place with gorses

   Synonyms: toxedo, toxeira

2. heath

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tojal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “togal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tojal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “toxal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “toxal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toxal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.