pedrisco
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From piedra (“stone”) + -isco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)
- hail, hailstorm
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:
- I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã del pedriſco.
- “[…] And tomorrow I will make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Spanish: pedrisco
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish pedrisco, from piedra (“stone”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)
Further reading edit
- “pedrisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014