abadexo

Aragonese

Proper noun

abadexo m

  1. superseded spelling of abadeixo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Locally attested since 1350 (badejo). Perhaps borrowed from Spanish abadejo, attested much later; alternatively from abadeijo, from Late Latin abbadagium (payment to the abbot).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdeʃo/ [a.β̞aˈð̞e.ʃʊ]
  • Rhymes: -eʃo
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧xo

Noun

abadexo m (plural abadexos)

  1. European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)
    Synonym: cerreta

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “abadejo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos