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doenza

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese doença (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dolentia. Cognate with Spanish dolencia and Portuguese doença.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [doˈɛnθɐ], (western) [doˈensɐ]

Noun

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doenza f (plural doenzas)

  1. disease, illness
    Synonym: enfermidade
    • 1340, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 414:
      Sabbean quantos esta carta de Testamento uiren Como eu Tereiga gil ffilla de Gil ffernadez que fuy moller de Nuno ffernandez moradeira ena uilla de milmanda jazendo doente de qual doença deus teuo por ben de me dar pero con todo meu ssiso conprido et con toda miña memoria ben acordada...
      Everyone seeing this testament charter must know how I Tereixa Xil, daughter of Xil Fernández, wife of later Nuno Fernández, dweller in the town of Milmanda, lying ill with this illness that God sent me, but with all of my wits and with all of my memory...
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