virxe

Asturian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin virgō, virginem.

Adjective

virxe (epicene, plural vírxenes)

  1. virgin (of a person, in a state of virginity)

Noun

virxe m or f (plural vírxenes)

  1. virgin (person who has never had sexual intercourse)

Galician

Alternative forms
  • virxen

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese virgen (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virgō, virginem.

Adjective

virxe m or f (plural virxes)

  1. virgin
  2. blank
    CD virxe ― blank CD
    chave virxe ― key blank

Noun

virxe f (plural virxes)

  1. virgin

References
  • “virgen” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “virge” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “virxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “virxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “virxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin virgō, virginem.

Noun

virxe f (plural virxes)

  1. virgin

References
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