reinha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• reỹa, reynna, reýña, reyña, rreýña, rreyña
• rainha, raynna, raỹa, rayña

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈĩ.a/, [reˈĩ.j̃a]

Noun

reinha f (plural reinhas)

1. queen
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 256 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria guareceu a Reỹa dona Beatriz de grand enfermidade por q̇ aorou a ſa om[a]ge cõ g[ra]nd eſp[er]ança.

     How Holy Mary cured Queen Beatrice of a grave illness because she prayed to Her image in great hope.

Descendants

• Galician: raíña
• Portuguese: rainha

Further reading

• 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

Noun

reinha f (plural reinhas)

1. Obsolete form of rainha.