troita

See also: troiță, troița, and Troița

Galician

troita

Alternative forms

• truita, truta

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese troyta (first attested in 1399), from Late Latin tructa, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs). Cognate with Portuguese truta, Spanish trucha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾojta/ [ˈt̪ɾoj.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ojta
• Hyphenation: troi‧ta

Noun

troita f (plural troitas)

1. trout (Salmo trutta)
   • 1399, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 582:

     ajan por cada hun cinquenta maravedis para viño e para troyta

     they should have fifty coins for each one, for wine and trouts

Noun

troita m (plural troitas)

1. (figurative, dated) rogue

   Synonym: boirao

Derived terms

• troiteiro

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “troyta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “troyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “troita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “troita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “troita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN