solaz

Galician

Alternative forms

• solás

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese solaz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan solatz, from Latin sōlācium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈlaθ], [soˈlas]

Noun

solaz m (plural solaces)

1. solace
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I. E. O. P. F., page 481:

     Ay, meu fillo, alegria do meu curaçõ, lume dos meus ollos, solaz da mjna velleçe!

     Woe! My son, joy of my heart, light of my eyes, solace of my old age!

2. energy, spirit; aptitude

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sōlācium, possibly through Old Occitan solatz.

Noun

solaz f (plural solaces)

1. solace

Related terms

• solazar

Further reading

• “solaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014