perexil

Galician

Alternative forms

• perexel, perixel, pirixel, prexel, prixel

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perrexil, from Old Occitan pere(i)ssil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”). Compare Portuguese perrexil and Spanish perejil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾeˈʃil/, /pɾeˈʃil/

Noun

perexil m (plural perexís)

1. parsley (a herb native to the Mediterranean whose leaves are often used in cooking)

Derived terms

• perexil bravo

References

• “perrexil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perrexil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “perexil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “perexil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “perexil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.