carcás

See also: carcas

Galician

Alternative forms

• carcán

Etymology

From Old Galician carcaix, from Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) +‎ کش (kaš, “container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkas/

Noun

1. quiver
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 129:

     leuauã todos seus arquos tendidos et os carcayses bem chẽos de seetas

     they had their bows ready and their quivers well loaded with arrows

   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:

     Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.

     Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

   Synonym: alxaba

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carcays”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carcaix, from Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) +‎ کش (kaš, “container”).

Noun

carcás m (plural carcases)

1. quiver (arrow container)

Synonyms

• aljava, fáretra