ferruxe

Galician

Ferruxe

Alternative forms

• furruxe

Etymology

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *ferrugẽ, from Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginem (“iron rust”). Cognate with Portuguese ferrugem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈruʃe̝/

Noun

ferruxe f (plural ferruxes)

1. iron rust
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:

     Para esto val a ferruien mesturada con sal et con azeyte.

     For this is useful the iron rust admixed with salt and olive oil

2. stem rust (Puccinia graminis)

Derived terms

• ferruxento

Related terms

• ferro

References

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