reinha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• reỹa, reynna, reýña, reyña, rreýña, rreyña
• rainha, raynna, raỹa, rayña

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). Cognate with Old Spanish reyna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈĩ.a/, [reˈĩ.j̃a]

Noun

reinha f (plural reinhas)

1. queen
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 256 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria guareceu a Reỹa dona Beatriz de grand enfermidade por q̇ aorou a ſa om[a]ge cõ g[ra]nd eſp[er]ança.

     How Holy Mary cured Queen Beatrice of a grave illness because she prayed to Her image in great hope.

Descendants

• Galician: raíña
• Portuguese: rainha

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

reinha f (plural reinhas)

1. Obsolete form of rainha.