Noun: rocín
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | rocín |
| Plural m | rocíns |
Sample Sentences
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foran en tomar aos mercadores e tauerneiros d'Arçúa et das Duas Casas viinte e hun roçín d'albardas con senos aparellos (they went and took from the merchants and innkeepers of Arzúa and Dúas Casas twenty-one packsaddle rowneys with their respective tacks) [1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 357:]
Nouns inflected like rocín
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 rocin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), of uncertain origin; ultimately probably from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
rocin'.
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