reinha

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Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin rēgīna (queen). Cognate with Old Spanish reyna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /reˈĩ.a/, [reˈĩ.j̃a]

Noun[edit]

reinha f (plural reinhas)

  1. queen

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: raíña
  • Portuguese: rainha

Further reading[edit]

  • Universo Cantigas - "reinha ~ rainha"
  • rainha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • r..ña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

reinha f (plural reinhas)

  1. Obsolete form of rainha.