falcatrúa

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

falcatrua (reintegrationist)

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese falcatrua (used c. 1285 by the Galician author Airas Nunes), a compound word of obscure origin; the second theme is possibly related to truán (“rogue”), of Celtic origin.

Cognate with Portuguese falcatrua and Asturian falcatrúa, francatrúa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [fal.kaˈtɾu.ɐ]

Noun edit

falcatrúa f (plural falcatrúas)

(dated) saddlebag, purse
- 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:
  Pro tamén veu de Castela un Seor aló ben rico, que traguía as falcatroas cheas co o ouro bonito
  But it also came from Castille a gentleman who there is quite rich, who brought the saddlebags filled with the beauty gold
trickery, fraud
wrongdoing

Derived terms edit

References edit

“falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“falcatrua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“falcatroa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“falcatrúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.