mércores

See also: mercores

Galician

Alternative forms

• mércoles

Etymology

From Old Galician or Old Galician-Portuguese mercores (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾko̝ɾe̝s/

Noun

mércores m (plural mércoreses)

1. Wednesday
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), 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

   Synonyms: corta feira, cuarta feira

See also

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

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “mércores” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Noun

mércores m

1. Alternative spelling of mercores