covardía

See also: covardia

Galician

Alternative forms

• cobardía (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese covardia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from covarda, from Old French coart, cuard, from coe (“tail”) + -ard (“pejorative agent noun”); coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koβaɾˈðiɐ]

Noun

covardía f (plural covardías)

1. cowardice (the lack of courage)

   Synonym: pusilanimidade

   Antonyms: coraxe, valentía

Related terms

• covarde

References

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