xácea
Galician
editEtymology
editProbably from Arabic جِسْر (jisr, “[wooden] bridge”): compare Classical Syriac ܓܫܪܐ (“bridge; beam”), from the same Akkadian root. Cognate with Spanish jácena and Catalan jàssera.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editxácea f (plural xáceas)
- (archaic) ridge beam
- Synonym: cumieira
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “jazea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xacia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega