mouro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). With the meaning of goblin, maybe from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmowɾo̝/

Adjective

mouro m (feminine singular moura, masculine plural mouros, feminine plural mouras)

  1. Moorish
  2. dark colored; black

Noun

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

  1. Moor
  2. by extension, an Arab or a Muslim person

Noun

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

  1. humanoid supernatural being that usually dwells in the netherworld; they are depicted as dark featured and pagans, and are considered responsible for the construction of most local archeological structures (hill-forts, dolmens, cromlechs, barrows, etc), where they keep their treasures and can interact with humans at night or under special circumstances. Similar to a goblin.

See also

Mouro (mitoloxía) on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl

References

  • “mouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “mouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “mouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “mouro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “mouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ↑ Millán González-Pardo (1990), “Vencellos galeco-irlandeses. Arredor dun libro da Dra. Keating”, in Grial‎, volume 28, issue 108, retrieved 13 February 2018, page 550

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mouro m (feminine singular moura, masculine plural mouros, feminine plural mouras, not comparable)

  1. Moorish.

Noun

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

  1. Moor.
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