negrura
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 14th century. From negro (“black”) + -ura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
negrura f (plural negruras)
- blackness
- Synonym: negror
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 300:
- Mays sabede que Deus nõ fezo ẽno mũdo pez nẽ outra cousa que tã negra fosse cõmo era este rrey Perses et seu sobriño, nẽ que sse cõparar podesse aa sua negrura
- But you must know that God did nothing in the world, nor pitch nor other thing, as black as this king Perses and his nephew, nor that can compare to their blackness
- darkness; gloom
- Synonyms: escuridade, tebras
References edit
- “negrura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “negrura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “negrura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “negrura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “negrura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ne‧gru‧ra
Noun edit
negrura f (plural negruras)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
negrura f (plural negruras)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “negrura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014