Noun: mantel
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | mantel |
| Plural m | manteis |
Sample Sentences
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cada ano unos bóós mantééns de VIIIj. uaras enlongo et de v. palmos en ancho parao refertoyro da grana (each year, some good tablecloth, 8 yards long and 5 palms wide, for the refectory of the farm) [1257, A. Martínez Salazar, editor, Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI, A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:]
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1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a (Item, two iron candlesticks, a scrapper for bread, a basket with tablecloths)
Nouns inflected like mantel
xornal,
funeral,
barazal,
perixel,
persoal,
pebidal,
parasol,
substancial,
genital,
pirixel,
tornasol,
corporal,
lestegal,
guindal,
cabezal,
canaval,
cardeal,
caravel,
caracol,
caritel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested in Galician since the 13th century. Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin mantēle, mantēlium.
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