derechura

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese derechura

Noun

derechura f (plural derechures)

1. rightness, right, belonging
2. skill

Old Leonese

Noun

derechura f

1. rightness, right
   • 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):

     con todos sos derechos e pertenençias e con entradas e salidas e con todas suas derechuras en pura donaçión porque vos crié [...] que vos lla mia derechura podierdes enuenir

     with all their rights and belongings and with entrances and exits and with all their rights and in pure donation because I raised you [...] that you could agree to my rightness

Descendants

• Asturian: derechura

Spanish

Etymology

From derecho +‎ -ura.

Noun

derechura f (plural derechuras)

1. (dated) straightness
2. (dated) rightness; justness; justice

Derived terms

• en derechura

 

Further reading

• “derechura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014