serea

See also: serẽa

Galician

Serea (mermaid)

Etymology

Attested circa 1300 (serea). From Old Galician-Portuguese *serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Cognate with Portuguese sereia and Spanish sirena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾe.a̝/

Noun

serea f (plural sereas)

1. siren, mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)

   Synonym: sirena

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 716:

     Cõmo Vlixas cõtou a el rrey Ydamenés cõmo escapara dos perígoos das sereas do mar

     Ulysses told king Ydamenes how he escaped of the dangers of the sirens of the sea

References

• “serea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “serea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “serea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “serea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “serea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

serea f

1. Alternative form of serẽa