madriña
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See also: madrina
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From madre (“mother”) + -iña.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madriña f (plural madriñas)
- Diminutive of madre (“mother”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Early Medieval Latin mātrīna, from Latin māter (“mother”). Compare Portuguese madrinha.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madriña f (plural madriñas)
- godmother (a female godparent)
References[edit]
- “madriña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “madriña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “madriña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Categories:
- Galician terms suffixed with -iña
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- Galician diminutive nouns
- Galician terms inherited from Early Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from Early Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- gl:Family