almadraque

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”). Cognate with English mattress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /almaˈdɾake/ [ɑl.maˈð̞ɾɑ.kɪ]
• Rhymes: -ake
• Hyphenation: al‧ma‧dra‧que

Noun

almadraque m (plural almadraques)

1. (archaic) mattress

   Synonym: colchón

   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas

     Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]

Derived terms

• almadraquia

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “almadraque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “almadraque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “almadraque” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “almadraque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “almadraque”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012