venres
GalicianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese vernes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Veneris dīēs, variant of dīēs Veneris, from Venus (“Roman goddess”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
venres m (plural venres)
- Friday
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:
- Os outros dias da semana teuerom et téém et am os antigóós [nomes] quelles os [gentijs] poserõ das planetas: o lues da lũa, o martes de Mars, o mercoles de Mercurio, o joues de Jupyter, o vernes de Venus
- the other days of the week had and have the old names which the pagans gave to them, from the planets: Monday of the Moon, Tuesday of Mars, Wednesday of Mercury, Thursday of Jupiter, Friday of Venus
- Os outros dias da semana teuerom et téém et am os antigóós [nomes] quelles os [gentijs] poserõ das planetas: o lues da lũa, o martes de Mars, o mercoles de Mercurio, o joues de Jupyter, o vernes de Venus
- Synonym: sexta feira
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:
See alsoEdit
- (days of the week) día da semana; luns, martes, mércores, xoves, venres, sábado, domingo (Category: gl:Days of the week)
ReferencesEdit
- “vernes” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “vernes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “venres” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “venres” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “venres” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further readingEdit
- “venres” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.