almadraque

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic مَطْرَح‎ (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”). Cognate with English mattress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almaˈðɾake̝/

Noun

almadraque m (plural almadraques)

1. (archaic) mattress
   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas

     Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]

   Synonym: colchón

Derived terms

• almadraquia

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almadraque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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