mansedume

Galician

Etymology

Already used by the Galician author Paio Gómez Chariño in the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *mansidõe, *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”): synchronically manso (“tame, meek”) +‎ -dume. Cognate with Portuguese mansidão and Spanish mansedumbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [manseˈðumɪ]

Noun

mansedume f (plural mansedumes)

1. tameness
2. meekness

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mansedume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mansedume”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mansedume”, 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), “mansedume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mansidõe, mansidõõe, mansidom, mansidõ, mansydom (Portugal)

Etymology

From an unattested form *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”).

Noun

mansedume f (plural mansedumes)

1. (Galicia) tameness, meekness

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mansedume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mansedume”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG