leirón

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *glirionem or *glērionem, probably from Latin glīs, glīris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”). Compare the related forms lirio, liranco, leiranco. Compare Spanish lirón, Catalan liró, French liron.

Alternative forms

• lairón, lurión

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lejˈɾoŋ/

Noun

leirón m (plural leiróns)

1. dormouse

   Synonyms: lirio, liranco

2. water vole

Etymology 2

From leira +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lejˈɾoŋ/

Noun

leirón m (plural leiróns)

1. a patch of land of bad quality

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leyron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leirón”, 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), “leirón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leirón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN