vellez

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vellece (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): vello +‎ -ez. Cognate with Portuguese velhice, Spanish vejez.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [beˈʎeθ], (western) [beˈʎes]

Noun

vellez f (plural velleces)

  1. oldness, age (the property of that which is old)
  2. old age (the time when one is an old person)

References
  • “vellece” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “vellece” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “vellez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “vellez” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vellez” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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