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merla

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan merla, from Latin merula. Compare Occitan mèrla, Spanish mierla.

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Noun edit

merla f (plural merles, masculine merlot)

  1. blackbird

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Galician edit

 
Merla

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin merula.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

merla f (plural merlas)

  1. blackbird
    • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
      Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado.
      Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one, a crown
    Synonyms: merliño, merlo

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References edit

  • “melr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “merla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “merla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “merla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Latin merula.

Noun edit

merla f (plural merle)

  1. female equivalent of merlo (“blackbird”)
  2. (heraldry) martlet

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

merla

  1. inflection of merlare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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