mércores

• mércoles

From Old Galician or Old Portuguese mercores (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾko̝ɾe̝s/

mércores m (plural mércores)

1. 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

   Synonyms: corta feira, cuarta feira

• (days of the week) día da semana; luns, martes, mércores, xoves, venres, sábado, domingo ^{(Category: gl:Days of the week)}

• “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.

From Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).

mércores m

1. (Galicia) Wednesday

1. (Portugal) quarta feira

• Galician: mércores

• (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)}