irmandiño

Galician

FWOTD – 15 May 2013

Etymology

irmandade (“brotherhood”) +‎ -iño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɾ.man.ˈdi.ɲʊ]

Noun

irmandiño m (plural irmandiños)

1. (historical) a member of any of the brotherhoods which revolted against nobility in 15th century Galicia
   • 1945, Alfonso R. Castelao, No día de Galiza de 1945 (in 2000, Henrique Monteagudo, Obras de Castelao, Galaxia, page 518):

     Rui Xordo, o irmandiño revolucionario que armou a primeira revolución de caráiter social que houbo en Europa.

     Roi Xordo, a revolutionary irmandiño who started the first revolution of a social nature that happened in Europe.

Adjective

irmandiño (feminine irmandiña, masculine plural irmandiños, feminine plural irmandiñas)

1. (relational) of the brotherhoods which revolted against nobility in 15th century Galicia

References

• “irmandiño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Noun

irmandiño m (plural irmandiños)

1. (historical) a member of any of the brotherhoods which revolted against nobility in 15th century Galicia

Adjective

irmandiño (feminine irmandiña, masculine plural irmandiños, feminine plural irmandiñas)

1. (relational) of the brotherhoods which revolted against nobility in 15th century Galicia