Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tristen (13th century, used once by the Galician Johan de Cangas), from triste (sad) +‎ -én.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tristén f (plural tristéns)

  1. sadness
    Synonyms: tristeza, tristura

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “tristen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “tristen”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • tristén” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.