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lesma

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate;[1] or from a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak).[2] Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlesma/ [ˈlez̺.mɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛsma/ [ˈlɛz̺.mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun

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lesma f (plural lesmas)

  1. slug (animal)
    Synonyms: limacha, limáchega, limaco
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
  2. (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
    Synonyms: lapa, limacha, limáchega, limaco

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “limaza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2008) “IE *(s)lei- "viscoso" en las lenguas romances”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volumes 49-50, →ISSN, pages 223-262

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
lesma

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun

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lesma f (plural lesmas)

  1. slug (gastropod)
    • 2008, Priscila Ferraz, nuvem de pó, Marco Zero, →ISBN, page 58:
      Nem é preciso dizer que o jantar foi um verdadeiro desastre. O arroz ficou empedrado, tipo “unidos venceremos”, a carne virou uma “sola de sapato”, salvou-se mais ou menos a salada, mesmo assim porque Cláudia não quis comentar nada a respeito de uma lesma que viu na alface mal lavada. Mas ali coube perfeitamente o dito popular “a fome é o melhor tempero”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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Noun

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lesma m or f by sense (plural lesmas)

  1. (figurative) a slow person

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: les‧ma

Verb

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lesma

  1. inflection of lesmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative