beizón

Galician

Alternative forms

• beição, beiçom (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeyçõn, from Latin benedictiōnem (“blessing”). Cognate with Portuguese benção.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bejˈθoŋ/ [bejˈθoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /bejˈθoŋ/ [bejˈθoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /bejˈsoŋ/ [bejˈsoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ

Noun

beizón f (plural beizóns)

1. blessing
   • 1697, José Gil Taboada, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Eu vos boto mil beizós

     I give you a thousand blessings

2. (usually in the plural) thank you

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beiçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “beyçon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beizon”, 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), “beizón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beizón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN