fouce

Galician

Alternative forms

• foi, fouz, fouza

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese fouce (attested in the Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin falx, falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Cognate with Portuguese foice, Asturian foz, Spanish hoz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfowθe̝/, (western) /ˈfowse̝/

Noun

fouce f (plural fouces)

1. a strong sickle usually provided with a large handle
   • 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:

     tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas

     thee sickles, and two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells

2. scythe

   Synonym: gadaña

Derived terms

• fouce rozadoira
• fouciño

References

• "fouce" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fouc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fouç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “fouce” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfow.sɨ/, /ˈfo.sɨ/

Noun

fouce f (plural s)

1. Alternative form of foice