escribán

See also: escriban

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivan (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin *scrība, *scrībānem, from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”). Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.

Cognate with Portuguese escrivão and Spanish escribano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾiˈβaŋ/

Noun

escribán m (plural escribáns)

1. (law, historical) clerk, registrar, scribe
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     Estas duas follas que de aqui faleçen tirey eu Rui Matines, notario, deste libro por quanto os escrivãaos de miña notaria lançaron ende algũas escripturas que non devian ser aqui asentadas

     These two leaves that are lacking here were removed from this book by me Roi Martínez, notary, because the scribes of my office put there some scriptures which shouldn't be recorded here

2. jack mackerel

   Synonym: xurelo

3. yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

   Synonym: escribenta

Related terms

• escribanía

Related terms

• escribir
• escritor

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escrivan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escriva”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escribán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escribán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escribán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN