azech
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زَاج (zāj, “metal sulphate, vitriol”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
azech m (plural azeches)
- any of several metallic sulfates with distinct properties; vitriol
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 42v:
- DEl ſeteno grado del ſigno de uirgo, es la piedra a que llamã azech. Esta es de .iiij. maneras. / Ala primera dizen çori / Ala ſegunda calcatar. / Ala tercera calcadiz, ⁊ ala quarta calcant.
- Of the seventh degree of the sign of Virgo is the stone they call vitriol. It takes four forms: the first they call çori, the second calcatar, the third calcadiz and the fourth calcant.
- Idem, 43v.
- Et eſte azech es limpio ⁊ claro de color, ⁊ mas peſado que los otros azeches. pero a parte cõ todos ellos en las p̃priedades que an […]
- And this vitriol is clean and of a light color, and it is heavier than other vitriols, but it shares with them all their properties […]
Descendants edit
- Spanish: aceche