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)

1. 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) día da semana; luns, martes, mércores, xoves, venres, sábado, domingo ^{(Category: gl:Days of the week)}

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: ILG
• 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

1. Alternative spelling of mercores