uzal

See also: Uzal

Galician

Uzal

Etymology

From uz +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈθal], (western) [uˈsal]

Noun

uzal m (plural uzais)

1. heathland
   • 1383, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 388:

     Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina

     and we also give to you the heathland that is beyond the chestnut tree of the hanged ones to turn it into farmland

   Synonyms: queirogal, ucedo, uceira

Derived terms

• Uzal

Related terms

• uz

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uzal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “uzal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “uzal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “uzal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN