po – Galician noun declension

Galician noun forms of po

Noun: po
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mpo
Plural mpos

Sample Sentences

  • et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan (and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain) [1276, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:]
  • E Nota que o poo dos collos das abroteas ual mays que todos llos outros, et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias (Take note that the powder of the rhizomes of the asphodels has more value than all the rest, and that these powders should be used in places that are nervous and entangled with veins and arteries) [1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:]

Nouns inflected like po

miligramo, mililitro, acontecemento, urodelo, ancoradoiro, vimieiro, serrón, sesego, sedeño, iceberg, sarrio, sabuio, sabugo, sabujo, sabuxo, sabelo, sangue, saibro, saltón, salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poo, from Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus n, from Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare Portuguese pó. Doublet of polvo, which was borrowed from Spanish polvo. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'poo', Latin Nouns 'pulvis', Portuguese Nouns 'pó', Spanish Nouns 'polvo'.

Verbs referencing "po"

Portuguese Nouns pó.

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