machada – Galician noun declension

Galician noun forms of machada

Noun: machada
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular fmachada
Plural fmachadas

Sample Sentences

  • Ano Domini millessimo CCCC XXX VII, a XI dias de jullyo, Domingo Fernandes, pregoeiro, feso venda et remataçón de tres legóos et hua machada (AD 1437, July 11, Domingo Fernández, crier, sold and auctioned three hoes and an axe) [1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:]

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from Latin marculus (“hammer”). Compare sacho. See: Latin Nouns 'marculus'.

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