sesta feira
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See also: sesta-feira
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ecclesiastical Latin sexta fēria (“Friday”, literally “sixth weekday”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Good Friday
- (later) Friday
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 405 (facsimile):
- Mas sesta feira ergendo / se vai e aparecendo / a omagen
- However, on Friday it slowly rises, and the statue appears
- Mas sesta feira ergendo / se vai e aparecendo / a omagen
- Synonym: vernes
Descendants
[edit]- Galician: sexta feira
- Portuguese: sexta-feira
See also
[edit]- (days of the week) dia da semana;
- domingo
- lũes / segunda feira
- martes / terça feira
- mercores / quarta feira
- joves / quinta feira
- vernes / sesta feira
- sabado (Category: roa-opt:Days of the week)