birsin
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birsin
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birsin (uncountable)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish virgen. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨g⟩ (before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩) was pronounced /ʃ/. /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings. Doublet of birhen.
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Noun edit
birsín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)
- (obsolete) virgin
- Nananalangin ako kay Santa Mariya, birsing totoo.
- I pray to Saint Mary, the true virgin.
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References edit
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 601: “Virjen) Birſin (pc) C. mujer entera | cabirſinan, abs)”