almadraque
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”). Cognate with English mattress.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
almadraque m (plural almadraques)
- (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 edit
References edit
- “almadraque” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “almadraque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “almadraque” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “almadraque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.