Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From mentira (lie) +‎ -al

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mentiral

  1. untruthful; which lies or deceives
    Synonym: mentioso
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 742:
      Et logo ueu bẽ sua morte, pero ia quanto fuy ledo porque coydou que os soños erã mentiraes
      And right then he clearly saw his death, but he was a little happy, because he thought that the dreams were untruthful

Descendants edit

  • Galician: mentirán

References edit

  • mentiral” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • mentiral” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • mentiraes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.