querela
English
Etymology
From Latin querēla (“complaint, grievance”).
Noun
querela
- (law) A complaint preferred in a court.
Related terms
- querent
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese querela (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin querella (“complaint”), from queror (“I lament, complaint”). Cognate with Spanish querella or English quarrel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keˈɾela̝/
Noun
querela f (plural querelas)
- (law) lawsuit
- 1395, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 565:
- mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra non collese nen defendese nihun ome que errase ao conçello et vezinnos da dicta vila, en esto correjemos et mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra se coller ou defender taes homes que seia tiudo de os presentar ante o Alcallde da dicta vila para que se deles faça conprimento de dereyto et de justiça das querelas et cousas por que foren acusados et demandados
- we order that the mentioned Martin Becerra shall not take nor defend anyone that wrongs the council and neighbors of this town, and on this we regulate and order that if the aforementioned Martin Becerra takes or defends such people then he must take them before the mayors of the mentioned town, for them to make accomplishment of right and justice of the complaints and causes for which they were accused and sued
- mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra non collese nen defendese nihun ome que errase ao conçello et vezinnos da dicta vila, en esto correjemos et mandamos que o dicto martin bezerra se coller ou defender taes homes que seia tiudo de os presentar ante o Alcallde da dicta vila para que se deles faça conprimento de dereyto et de justiça das querelas et cousas por que foren acusados et demandados
- 1395, M. González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 565:
- (law) complaint
- quarrel, conflict
Derived terms
- querelar
- quereloso
References
- “querela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “querela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “querela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “querela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin querēla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kweˈrɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: que‧rè‧la
Noun
querela f (plural querele)
- (law) action, plaint
Related terms
- querelare
- querelatorio
Verb
querela
- inflection of querelare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- querela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
- querēlla
Etymology
From queri (“to complain”) + -ēla. The form in -ell- is due to reanalysis as a diminutive.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷeˈreː.la/, [kʷɛˈreːɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kweˈre.la/, [kweˈrɛːlä]
Noun
querēla f (genitive querēlae); first declension
- complaint, grievance
- illness
- lament
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | querēla | querēlae |
| Genitive | querēlae | querēlārum |
| Dative | querēlae | querēlīs |
| Accusative | querēlam | querēlās |
| Ablative | querēlā | querēlīs |
| Vocative | querēla | querēlae |
Descendants
- French: querelle
- Italian: querela
- Spanish: querella
- Portuguese: querela
References
- “querela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- querela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- querela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
querela f (plural querelas)
- quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)