morriña
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Cognate of Portuguese morrinha and English murrain.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
morriña f (plural morriñas)
- longing; nostalgia; homesickness
- (1986), Luís Caparrós Esperante, O Tempo como Castigo na Lírica de Rosalía in Actas do Congresso Internacional de estudios sobre Rosalía de Castro e o seu tempo, Consello da Cultura Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 158:
- A morriña de Galicia confúndese coa morriña do pasado; a morriña do emigrante aseméllase á morriña polos bos tempos idos.
- The longing for Galicia is confused with the longing for the past; the emigrant’s longing is similar to the longing for good times gone by.
- A morriña de Galicia confúndese coa morriña do pasado; a morriña do emigrante aseméllase á morriña polos bos tempos idos.
- (1986), Luís Caparrós Esperante, O Tempo como Castigo na Lírica de Rosalía in Actas do Congresso Internacional de estudios sobre Rosalía de Castro e o seu tempo, Consello da Cultura Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 158:
- murrain
- grime
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “morriña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “morriña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “morriña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Galician morriña, ultimately from a form of Latin mori (“to die”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
morriña f (uncountable)
- (colloquial) homesickness, nostalgia
- Synonyms: añoranza, melancolía, musepo, nostalgia
- (pathology, veterinary medicine) murrain
- Synonyms: comalia, hidropesía, zangarriana
Further reading[edit]
- “morriña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iɲa
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- es:Pathology
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