márdea

Galician

Alternative forms

• marde, márdeña

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate form *mardena, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɾðɪɐ]

Noun

márdea f (plural márdeas)

1. ridge

   Synonym: sumo

2. headland

   Synonyms: arró, cómaro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marde”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “márdeña”, 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), “márdea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “márdea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN