alacran

See also: alacrán

Old Galician-Portuguese

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic العَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, “scorpion”). Cognate with Old Spanish alacran.

alacran m (plural alacrães)

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alacr”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alacran”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “alacran”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “lacrau”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval [Historical and chronological vocabullary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”).

alacran m (plural alacranes)

scorpion
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 105v:
  […] preſtal contra contra toda ferida de culuebra o de alacran. o de otra beſtia emponzonada.
  […] it serves against any injury made by a snake or a scorpion, or of any other venomous beast.