leirón

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *glirionem or *glērionem, probably from Latin glīs, glīris, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”). Compare the related forms lirio, liranco, leiranco. Compare Spanish lirón, Catalan liró, French liron.

Alternative forms

• lairón, lurión

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lejˈɾoŋ/

Noun

leirón m (plural leiróns)

1. dormouse

   Synonyms: lirio, liranco

2. water vole

Etymology 2

From leira +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lejˈɾoŋ/

Noun

leirón m (plural leiróns)

1. a patch of land of bad quality

References

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