marcasita

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marchasita, from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā), while the form margajita is directly from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾkaˈsita/ [maɾ.kaˈsi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: mar‧ca‧si‧ta

Noun

marcasita f (plural marcasitas)

1. (mineralogy) marcasite

Alternative forms

• margajita
• margaxita (obsolete)

Further reading

• “marcasita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014