pailán

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from the personal name Paio, from Latin Pelagius.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pajˈlaŋ/, /pɛjˈlao̯/

Noun edit

pailán m (plural pailáns, feminine pailana, feminine plural pailanas)

a rustic, uneducated person
Synonyms: badoco, paiolo, pailaroco

Derived terms edit

pailanada (“a shortsighted action or proposition”)
pailaroco (“rustic, simple person”)

Adjective edit

pailán (feminine pailana, masculine plural pailáns, feminine plural pailanas)

rustic, uneducated, parochial

References edit

"pailan" in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“pailán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“pailán” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. pailán..
^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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