carquois
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French carcois, carquais, from earlier tarchais, tarquait, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš), ترکش (tarkaš, tarkeš, from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcarquois m (plural carquois)
- quiver (for arrows)
- 1892, Maurice Maeterlinck, Pelléas et Mélisande:
- GOLAUD : C’est sans le vouloir ; voyons, ne pleure plus, je te donnerai quelque chose demain…
YNIOLD : Quoi, petit-père ?
GOLAUD : Un carquois et des flèches ; mais dis-moi ce que tu sais au sujet de la porte.- GOLAUD : It's without wanting it; let's see, don't cry any more, I'll give you something tomorrow…
YNIOLD : What, grandfather?
GOLAUD : A quiver and arrows; but tell me what you know about the door
- GOLAUD : It's without wanting it; let's see, don't cry any more, I'll give you something tomorrow…
Further reading
edit- “carquois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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