mércores
See also: mercores
Galician
Alternative forms
- mércoles
Etymology
From Old Galician or Old Portuguese mercores (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾko̝ɾe̝s/
Noun
mércores m (plural mércores)
- Wednesday
- 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
- Synonyms: corta feira, cuarta feira
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:
See also
References
- “mercores” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “merco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “mércores” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “mércores” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mércores” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).
Synonyms
- (Portugal) quarta feira
Descendants
- Galician: mércores
See also
- (days of the week) dia da semana;
- domingo
- lũes / segunda-feira
- martes / terça-feira
- mércores / quarta-feira
- joves / quinta-feira
- vernes / sexta-feira
- sábado (Category: roa-opt:Days of the week)
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