mércores
See also: mercores
Galician
Alternative forms
- mércoles
- mercores (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mercores (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾkoɾes/ [ˈmɛɾ.ko.ɾes̺]
- Rhymes: -ɛɾkoɾes
- Hyphenation: mér‧co‧res
Noun
mércores m (invariable)
- Wednesday
- Synonyms: corta feira, cuarta feira
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, 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
See also
- days of the week: días da semana (appendix): luns · martes · mércores · xoves · venres · sábado · domingo [edit]
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mercores”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mércores”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mércores”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mércores”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Noun
mércores m (plural mércoress)
- alternative spelling of mercores