alquimia
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- alquímia (Reintegrationist)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), perhaps from both Χημία (Khēmía, “black earth (ancient name for Egypt)”) and χυμός (khumós, “juice, sap”).
Noun edit
alquimia f (plural alquimias)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alquimia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), perhaps from both Χημία (Khēmía, “black earth (ancient name for Egypt)”) and χυμός (khumós, “juice, sap”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alquimia f (usually uncountable)
- alchemy
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 21v:
- Et por ende los que ſe trabaian de alquimia aque llaman la obra mayor, deuen parar miétes que non dannen el nombre del ſaber. ca alquimia tanto quiere dezir, como maeſtria pora meiorar las coſas ca non empeorar las.
- And therefore those who work with alchemy, which they call the greatest work, must stop before they tarnish the name of knowledge; for alchemy means both mastery to make things better as well as to make them worse.
- Idem, f. 34v.
- Mas por que eſto perteneſce ala obra dalquimia, no quiſiemos meter lo aqui en eſte libro.
- But because this pertains to the works of alchemy, we did not wish to include it here in this book.
- Mas por que eſto perteneſce ala obra dalquimia, no quiſiemos meter lo aqui en eſte libro.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: alquimia
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of allyoing metals”), perhaps from both Χημία (Khēmía, “black earth (ancient name for Egypt)”) and χυμός (khumós, “juice, sap”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧qui‧mi‧a
Noun edit
alquimia f (uncountable)
- alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (al-kímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of allyoing metals”), perhaps from both Χημία (Khēmía, “black earth (ancient name for Egypt)”) and χυμός (khumós, “juice, sap”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /alˈkimja/ [alˈki.mja]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -imja
- Syllabification: al‧qui‧mia
Noun edit
alquimia f (plural alquimias)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alquimia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014