mormeira
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since 1800. From mormo (“cold; mucus”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mormeira f (plural mormeiras)
- nasal congestion, cold
- Synonym: catarreira
- dullness caused by it
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mormeira”, 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), “mormeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mormeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN