menciña

Galician

Alternative forms

• manciña, meciña, meiciña, melecía

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meezinha (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin medicina (“drug”). Cognate with Portuguese mezinha. Doublet of medicina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈθiɲa̝/

Noun

menciña f (plural menciñas)

1. home remedy; medicine; drug
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:

     Et eu te ensinarey meezinas conuiniuijs para esta door que chaman uerme en esta maneira

     And I'll teach you the appropriate drugs for this pain that they call worm, in this manner

2. (archaic) poisson

Derived terms

• menciñeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “meezinna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “meez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “menciña”, 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), “menciña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “menciña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN