Noun: piedra
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Et por ende a tal p̃priedat eſta piedra q̃ el q̃ la trae obedecẽ le los leones […] (And such is the property of this stone that lions will obey he who bears it […]) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:]
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[…] alli do el ryo naſce ay unas muy grandes & otras pequẽnas como de otras piedras non pueden traer estos aguaduchos ſi non las menores. ([…] there at the source of the river are both very large and small stones, like others, but these currents cannot carry but the smaller ones.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 11v:]
Nouns inflected like piedra
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā). See: Latin Nouns '
petra'.
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