eixut
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin exsūctus, perfect passive participle of exsūgō (compare Occitan eissuch, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto, Italian asciutto), from ex + sūgō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
eixut (feminine eixuta, masculine plural eixuts, feminine plural eixutes)
- dry, dried off
- Synonym: sec
- arid, drought-stricken (of land)
- dry, dried up (unable to give milk)
- una vaca seca ― a dry cow
- dry (of wine)
- Antonym: dolç
- dry, plain
- (figurative) curt, sparing, blunt
- (figurative) taciturn (of people)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
eixut m (plural eixuts)
- dryness of the soil caused by drought
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “eixut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “eixut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “eixut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “eixut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.