roupa – Galician noun declension

Galician noun forms of roupa

Noun: roupa
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular froupa
Plural froupas

Sample Sentences

  • Este Santiago he chamado home de luz, obrador de uerdade, et era tã santo que o omẽ que o vise cobiiçaua moyto a tãjer dos fios da sua rroupa que tragia vestida
  • This James is called man of light, doer of truth, and he was such a revered person that everyone who saw him coveted to touch the threads of the clothes that he wore [1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I., Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 19:]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, derived from Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan, “to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *raupijaną. Cognate with Portuguese roupa, Spanish ropa, English robe, Italian roba. See: Portuguese Nouns 'roupa', Spanish Nouns 'ropa', English Nouns 'robe', Italian Nouns 'roba'.

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