pedra de gran

Galician

Sculpted pedra de gran ("granite")

Granite boulders, Monte Pindo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• pedra de grao

Etymology

pedra (“stone”) de (“of”) gran (“grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛðɾa ðe ˈɣɾaŋ/

Noun

pedra de gran f (uncountable)

1. granite

   Synonym: granito

   • 1395, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 556:

     mandamos que o dicto Martin Bezerra et sua moller çarren de pedra de grao a porta grande de bayxo que agora esta feyta en a dicta casa noua contra a mota et casa uella en maneyra que seia tan firme a çarradura que asy fezeren a a dicta porta conmo a outra parede da dicta casa

     we order the mentioned Martín Becerra and his wife to close with granite stone the main gate which is now made in this new house, by the motte and the old house, so that the closing of that gate is as strong as the other walls of the aforementioned house

References

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