imaxe

Asturian

Alternative forms

• imaxen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmaʃe/ [iˈma.ʃe]
• Rhymes: -aʃe
• Syllabification: i‧ma‧xe

Noun

imaxe f (plural imáxenes)

1. image
2. religious image or statue
   • 1954, Enrique Pérez Álvarez, Fayueles y Forgaxes: obra asoleyada‎, El Ruegu:

     Allega la cieguina a la imaxen sagrada.

     The blind woman arrives at the sacred image

Related terms

• imaxinar

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “imaxe”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “imaxe”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• imaxen, omaxe
• imagem (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ymagen (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin imaginem, accusative singular of Latin imago (“image, statue”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmaʃe/ [iˈma̠.ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -aʃe
• Hyphenation: i‧ma‧xe

Noun

imaxe f (plural imaxes)

1. image
2. religious image or statue
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 115:

     asy cõmo os de Assyria chamauã Belo aaquela ymage, asy os das outras terras chamauã cada hũ aasua ymage segundo oseu lengage

     just like the people from Assyria called Belo that image, the people of other lands called each one of its images after their languages

   • 1703, José Noguerol y Camba, Versos gallegos, page 179:

     Hoi a miña Musa toda Sai á praza a pubricar As honras da nosa Aurora De Reza, que é nosa imaxen Que en iste Probo se adora Por Patroa singular, Por Alegre, por Señora, Por Galega

     Today my Muse go out to the public square to publish the honors of our [Madonna] Aurora of Reza, who is our image and who is adored in this town as our only patroness, because of her cheerfulness, such a Lady, such a Galician

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “imagem”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “imagee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “imaxe”, 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), “imaxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “imaxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “imaxe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025