saín

See also: sain, säin, and sain-

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈiŋ/ [s̺aˈiŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ín

Etymology 1

From Old French (compare French saindoux), from Vulgar Latin *saginum, from Latin sagīna (“fatness”).[1] Cognate with Sicilian sajimi.

Alternative forms

Noun

saín m (plural saíns)

  1. fish oil, which was used for lighting
  2. lard; rendered lard
    Synonym: pingo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

saín

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of saír

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “saín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *sagīnum, from Latin sagīna. To explain the absence of a final vowel, Coromines posits a borrowing from either Leonese, where /-inu/ > /-in/ is common, or Aragonese, where loss of final /o/ is common.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈin/ [saˈĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: sa‧ín

Noun

saín m (plural saínes)

  1. fish oil, which was used for lighting
  2. lard; rendered lard

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “saín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 127

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