uzal

See also: Uzal and użal

Galician

Etymology

From uz +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈθal], (western) [uˈsal]

Noun

uzal m (plural uzais)

  1. heathland
    • 1383, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 388:
      Et aynda vos damos o huzal que iat alende do castineiro dos enforcados em que façades cortina
      and we also give to you the heathland that is beyond the chestnut tree of the hanged ones to turn it into farmland
    Synonyms: queirogal, ucedo, uceira

Derived terms

  • Uzal

References

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from użalić.

Pronunciation

Noun

uzal m inan

  1. (Lasovia) synonym of skarga

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1865) “uzal”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 265