mentiral

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From mentira (“lie”) +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /men.ti.ˈɾal/

Adjective

mentiral

1. untruthful; which lies or deceives

   Synonym: mentioso

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 742:

     Et logo ueu bẽ sua morte, pero ia quanto fuy ledo porque coydou que os soños erã mentiraes

     And right then he clearly saw his death, but he was a little happy, because he thought that the dreams were untruthful

Descendants

• Galician: mentirán

References

• “mentiral” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mentiral” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mentiraes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.