prenhe

• prenne

From Vulgar Latin *praegnis (“pregnant”), from Latin praegnās (“pregnant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾe.ɲe/

prenhe f

1. pregnant (carrying developing offspring within the body)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 177:

     Iten declaro por esta ora en que jazo que segun meu entendemento que he meu fillo Gonzalo, o que cria Juan Oubel, neto de Basco do Vilar he que aquela ora que dormin con sua may segun meu entendimentto que la ficou preñe de min deste mozo.

     Item, I declare now as I lie that, according to my understanding, Gonzalo, who is being raised by Juan Oubel, grandson of Vasco do Vilar, is my son; and that that time that I slept with his mother I think she got pregnant from me with this kid

• Galician: preñe
• Portuguese: prenhe

• Universo Cantigas - "prenhe"

• prenha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prenhe (“pregnant”), from Vulgar Latin *praegnis (“pregnant”), from Latin praegnās (“pregnant”).

Cognate with Galician preñe.

• Hyphenation: pre‧nhe

prenhe m or f (plural prenhes)

1. pregnant (of an animal)

   Ontem, a vaca prenhe pariu um bezerro.

   The pregnant cow delivered a calf yesterday.

2. (derogatory) pregnant (of a person)

   Synonym: grávida

• impregnar
• prenhar