ferruxe

Galician

Ferruxe

Alternative forms

  • furruxe

Etymology

15th century. From Old Portuguese ferrugen, from Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginem (iron rust). Cognate with Portuguese ferrugem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈruʃe̝/

Noun

ferruxe f (plural ferruxes)

  1. iron rust
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:
      Para esto val a ferruien mesturada con sal et con azeyte.
      For this is useful the iron rust admixed with salt and olive oil
  2. stem rust (Puccinia graminis)

Derived terms

References

  • ferru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • ferruxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • ferruxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ferruxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. hierro.
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