garça
See also: Garça
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā.
Pronunciation
Noun
garça f
- heron
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 352 (facsimile):
- Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.
- This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.
- Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.
Descendants
Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese garça, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.
Cognate with Galician garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Spanish garza and (possibly) Catalan garsa.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: gar‧ça
Noun
garça f (plural garças)
Descendants
- Thai: กระสา (grà-sǎa)
Categories:
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Celtiberian
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas
- Old Galician-Portuguese nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Celtiberian
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Herons