coitadiño
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 18th century. From coitado + -iño.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coitadiño m (plural coitadiños, feminine coitadiña, feminine plural coitadiñas)
- poor thing
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Sòs mentes en Deus do Céo,
agarimo podo achàr,
pois cuitadiña de min;
já non teño Pay, nin Nay!- Just in God of Heaven
shelter I can find
Because, pity me [poor thing me],
No longer I have mum or dad
- Just in God of Heaven
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coitadiño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coitadiño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coitado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN