lesma

Galician

Alternative forms

• lerma, lerme, lermia, lerne, lesme, lesmia, lezme

Etymology

Attested since circa 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin limax, limacem, perhaps under the influence of a local Celtic substrate; or from a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y- (compare Polish ślimak). Compare also the synonyms limacha, limáchega, limaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesma/ [ˈlez̺.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -esma
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsma/ [ˈlɛz̺.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsma
• Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun

lesma f (plural lesmas)

1. slug (animal)

   Synonyms: limacha, limáchega, limaco

   • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:

     Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento

     for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, mixed and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment

2. (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space

   Synonyms: lapa, limacha, limáchega, limaco

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lesmez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lesma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lesma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lesma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

lesma

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈleʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlez.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈleʒ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: les‧ma

Noun

lesma f (plural lesmas)

1. slug (gastropod)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.

Noun

lesma m or f by sense (plural lesmas)

1. (figurative) a slow person

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lesma.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʒ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: les‧ma

Verb

lesma

1. inflection of lesmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative