sirgo
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sirgo
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲/丝 (sī, “silk”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sir‧go
Noun edit
sirgo m (plural sirgos)
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References edit
- “sirgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “sirgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “sirgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “sirgo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sirgo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲/丝 (sī, “silk”).
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sirgo m
- silk
- 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)
- ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo
- she's wearing a silk shirt
- 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
- Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde
- Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that has detachable laterals[?] and that comes in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk
- 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)
- silkworm
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲/丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sir‧go
Noun edit
sirgo m (plural sirgos)
- silk
- Synonym: seda
- silkworm
- Synonym: bicho-da-seda
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sirgo