Noun: enzia
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Eſta piedra preſta mucho al podrimiento delos dientes ⁊ delas enzias. ⁊ mata los guſanos que se fazen en ellos. ⁊ faz los blancos & fremoſos. (This stone is very good for the rotting of the teeth and gums. And it kills the worms that form in [teeth], and it makes them white and beautiful.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 72r:]
Nouns inflected like enzia
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin gingīva. According to Corominas and Pascual, also attested as enziva, cf. Asturian enxiva~xenxiva. See: Latin Nouns '
gingīva', Asturian Nouns '
enxiva'.
Verbs referencing "enzia"
Spanish Nouns
encía.
Translations