Noun: azor
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | azor |
| Plural m | azores |
Sample Sentences
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O azor no pau, e o falcón na mau. (The goshawk in the spear, and the falcon on the hand.)
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Outras uezes fazía cõbater serpentes et peleiar grifos et liões et fazía caçar falcões et gaujães et açores et outras aues (Other times he would make serpents fight, and gryphons and lions, and he would make falcons hunt, and sparrow-hawks and goshawks and other birds) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 438:]
Nouns inflected like azor
solpor,
ordenador,
xograr,
xantar,
xaguar,
chamador,
branquexador,
petador,
batedor,
detonador,
cobertor,
multiplicador,
comparador,
proxector,
gerador,
reiseñor,
humidificador,
chuchamel,
glaciar,
traballador, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese açor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin acceptor, replacement of Latin accipiter. Cognate with Portuguese açor and Spanish azor. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
açor', Latin Nouns '
accipiter', Portuguese Nouns '
açor', Spanish Nouns '
azor'.
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