murcho
Galician
Alternative forms
- mucho, muscho
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *mustidus (“wet”),[1] from Latin mustum (“unfermented wine”) and related to muscum (“moss”); from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Portuguese murcho, Spanish mustio, and Old Occitan moste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾt͡ʃo̝/
Adjective
murcho m (feminine singular murcha, masculine plural murchos, feminine plural murchas)
- wilted, withered
Derived terms
- murchar
Related terms
- moucho (“sad”)
- mucio
- murcio
References
- “murcho” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “murcho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “murcho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “murcho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “mustio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmuʁ.ʃu/ [ˈmuh.ʃu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈmuɾ.ʃu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmuʁ.ʃu/ [ˈmuχ.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmuɻ.ʃo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmuɾ.ʃu/
- Hyphenation: mur‧cho
Etymology 1
Probably from Vulgar Latin *mustidus (“wet”),[1] from Latin mustum (“unfermented wine”) and related to muscum (“moss”); from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Galician murcho, Spanish mustio, and Old Occitan moste.
Adjective
murcho (feminine murcha, masculine plural murchos, feminine plural murchas)
- withered
- (figuratively) sad
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
murcho
- first-person singular present indicative of murchar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “mustio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos