segunda feira
See also: segunda-feira
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin secunda fēria (“Monday”, literally “second weekday”).
Noun edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin secunda fēria (“Monday”, literally “second weekday”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- Holy Monday
- (later) Monday
- Synonym: lũes
Usage notes edit
"Segunda feira" used to refer to specifically the Monday in the week before Easter; the Holy Week. Saint Martin objected to this, viewing it as barbarism. His influence made the language assume names for the days from numbers and Catholic liturgy, rather than from pagan deities.[1]
Descendants edit
- Galician: segunda feira
- Portuguese: segunda-feira
See also edit
- (days of the week) dia da semana;
- domingo
- lũes / segunda feira
- martes / terça feira
- mercores / quarta feira
- joves / quinta feira
- vernes / sesta feira
- sabado (Category: roa-opt:Days of the week)