xoves

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔβe̝s/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician joves (not attested in Old Galician-Portuguese proper), from Latin Iovis dīēs, variant of dīēs Iovis.

Noun

xoves m (invariable)

1. Thursday
   • 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

   Synonym: quinta feira

See also

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

xoves m pl or f pl

1. plural of cervical

References

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• “joves” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xoves”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN