moza – Galician noun declension

Galician noun forms of moza

Noun: moza
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular mmozo
Singular fmoza
Plural mmozos
Plural fmozas

Sample Sentences

  • Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs. (Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis) [1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 129:]

Nouns inflected like moza

becerra, palilleira, bruxa, esposa, moneca, meniña, boneca, moza, raposa,

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'moço', Portuguese Nouns 'moça', Spanish Nouns 'moza'.

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