cabezal
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century (cabeçal): synchronically cabeza + -al. Cognate with Portuguese cabeçal and Spanish cabezal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaβeˈθal/, (western) /kaβeˈsal/
Noun
cabezal m (plural cabezais)
- halter
- pillow (a soft, usually square, cushion used to support the head in bed)
- 1375, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:
- It. mando a estevayna boa moller hua cama de Roupa que seia hua Coçedra et huun almadraque et hua colcha et dous cabeçaes
- Item, I bequeath Estevaíña, good woman, a bedding, which is a feather mattress and a large mattress and a quilt and two pillows
- Synonyms: almofada, traveseiro
- (archaic, law) executor
- 1309, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol III page 1283:
- Item mando que aquel deste testamento for meu cabeçal, que aya poder de vender a mia herdade de Paderne
- Item, I order that the executor of this, my will, has the power to sell my property in Paderne
- Item mando que aquel deste testamento for meu cabeçal, que aya poder de vender a mia herdade de Paderne
- 1309, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol III page 1283:
Related terms
- cabeza (“head”)
References
- “cabeçal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cabeça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabezal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabezal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabezal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθal/ [ka.β̞eˈθal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈsal/ [ka.β̞eˈsal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ca‧be‧zal
Noun
cabezal m (plural cabezales)
- head (of a mechanism)
- Hyponym: cabezal de ducha
- cabezal de vídeo ― video head
- small pillow; headrest (in a car)
- Synonyms: reposacabezas, almohada
- headboard, bedhead
- Synonym: cabecero
- wig block
Related terms
Further reading
- “cabezal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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