pardiñeiro

Galician

Etymology

12th century (pardinarium, in Latin documents). From Old Galician-Portuguese *pardĩeyro, from Vulgar Latin *parietinario or rather from pardiña +‎ -eiro, from Latin parietina (old or ruined wall).[1] Cognate with Portuguese pardieiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾðiˈɲejɾo̝/

Noun

pardiñeiro m (plural pardiñeiros)

  1. ruins; ruined building
    • 1327, Lucas Alvarez, Manuel & Justo Martín, María José (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
      aquellas casas telladas et pardineyros et cortina con suas aruores et herdades que estan enna villa de Çençoy
      those tiled houses and ruins and orchard with its trees and possessions that are in that village of Cenzoi

Adjective

pardiñeiro (feminine pardiñeira, masculine plural pardiñeiros, feminine plural pardiñeiras)

  1. (archaic) ruined

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pared”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos