menciña

Galician

Alternative forms

• manciña, meciña, meiciña, melecía

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese meezỹa, meezinna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin medicina (“drug”). Cognate with Portuguese mezinha. Doublet of medicina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈθiɲa̝/

Noun

menciña f (plural menciñas)

1. home remedy; medicine; drug
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:

     Et eu te ensinarey meezinas conuiniuijs para esta door que chaman uerme en esta maneira

     And I'll teach you the appropriate drugs for this pain that they call worm, in this manner

2. (archaic) poisson

Derived terms

• menciñeiro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “meez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “menciña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN