"mesquiño" meaning in Galician

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Adjective

IPA: [mesˈkiɲʊ] Forms: mesquiña [feminine], mesquiños [masculine, plural], mesquiñas [feminine, plural], mesquinho [alternative], miscuriño [alternative], misquiño [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn). Compare Portuguese mesquinho and Spanish mezquino, Sicilian mischinu. Etymology templates: {{inh|gl|roa-opt|mesquinno|t=poor}} Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”), {{bor|gl|ar|مِسْكِين}} Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn), {{cog|pt|mesquinho}} Portuguese mesquinho, {{cog|es|mezquino}} Spanish mezquino, {{cog|scn|mischinu}} Sicilian mischinu Head templates: {{gl-adj}} mesquiño (feminine mesquiña, masculine plural mesquiños, feminine plural mesquiñas)
  1. miserable Synonyms: miserable, ruín
    Sense id: en-mesquiño-gl-adj-0XEOux8v Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 0
  2. miserly; greedy Synonyms: avaro, avarento
    Sense id: en-mesquiño-gl-adj-t6uGpar~ Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 10 81 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mesquindade

Noun

IPA: [mesˈkiɲʊ] Forms: mesquiños [plural], mesquinho [alternative], miscuriño [alternative], misquiño [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn). Compare Portuguese mesquinho and Spanish mezquino, Sicilian mischinu. Etymology templates: {{inh|gl|roa-opt|mesquinno|t=poor}} Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”), {{bor|gl|ar|مِسْكِين}} Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn), {{cog|pt|mesquinho}} Portuguese mesquinho, {{cog|es|mezquino}} Spanish mezquino, {{cog|scn|mischinu}} Sicilian mischinu Head templates: {{gl-noun|m}} mesquiño m (plural mesquiños)
  1. (archaic) poor Tags: archaic, masculine Synonyms: pobre
    Sense id: en-mesquiño-gl-noun-TjeV0F2d
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    {
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        "feminine"
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        "masculine",
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      "form": "mesquinho",
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