birsin

Scots

Verb

birsin

1. present participle of birse

Noun

birsin (uncountable)

1. bruising, crushing, pushing

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bidsin

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish virgen. In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨g⟩ (before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩) was pronounced /ʃ/. /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings. Doublet of birhen.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biɾˈsin/, [bɪɾˈsin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: bir‧sin

Noun

birsín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. virgin

   Synonym: birhen

   Nananalangin ako kay Santa Mariya, birsing totoo.

   I pray to Saint Mary, the true virgin.

Derived terms

• kabirsinan
• magpakabirsin
• pagkabirsin

 

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 601: “Virjen) Birſin (pc) C. mujer entera | cabirſinan, abs)”

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 219
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Genitality in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 58