dentabrún

Galician

Fieto Real or Dentabrún, Ribeira, Galicia

Alternative forms

dentagrón, dentabruño

Etymology

Debated.^[1] Apparently a compound: dente (“tooth”) + abruño (“sloe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dentaˈβɾuŋ/, /dɛntaˈβɾuŋ/

Noun

dentabrún m (plural dentabrúns)

royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
Synonyms: dentexil, fieito real, osmunda

References

“dentabrún” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“dentabrún” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“dentabrún” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

↑ José Luis Pensado (1974) Opúsculos lingüísticos gallegos del siglo XVIII‎, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, pages 85–86

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