mansedume

Galician

Etymology

Already used by the Galician author Paio Gómez Chariño in the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *mansidõe, *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”): synchronically manso (“tame, meek”) +‎ -dume. Cognate with Portuguese mansidão and Spanish mansedumbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [manseˈðumɪ]

Noun

mansedume f (plural mansedumes)

1. tameness
2. meekness

References

• “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mansedume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mansedume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mansidõe, mansidõõe, mansidom, mansidõ, mansydom (Portugal)

Etymology

From an unattested form *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”).

Noun

mansedume f

1. (Galicia) tameness, meekness

References

• “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mansedume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.