esparaván

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since circa 1409. From Old French esparvain (French éparvin), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, *sparwaz (sparrow).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

esparaván m (plural esparaváns)

  1. spavin, bone spavin

References[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From esparver, from Provençal esparvier, via Frankish from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, *sparwaz (sparrow) (since horses infected with spavin were said to walk like sparrows).

Noun[edit]

esparaván m (plural esparavanes)

  1. spavin, bone spavin

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