merlo
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
merlo m (plural merlos)
- blackbird
- 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:
- Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.
- After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.
References edit
- “melr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “merlo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “merlo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “merlo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.
Noun edit
merlo m (plural merli, feminine merla)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- merlo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin merulus (“battlement”). Probably cognate with French and English merlon, Spanish merlón.
Noun edit
merlo m (plural merli)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- merlo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
merlo
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.
Noun edit
merlo
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
merlo m (plural merlos)
- blackbird
- brown wrasse (fish)
- Synonym: budión
Further reading edit
- “merlo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014