sesta feira
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See also: sesta-feira
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ecclesiastical Latin sexta fēria (“Friday”, literally “sixth weekday”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sesta feira f (plural sesta feiras)
- Good Friday
- (later) Friday
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 405 (facsimile):
- Mas sesta feira ergendo / se vai e aparecendo / a omagen
- However, on Friday it slowly rises, and the statue appears
- Mas sesta feira ergendo / se vai e aparecendo / a omagen
- Synonym: vernes
Descendants
[edit]- Galician: sexta feira
- Portuguese: sexta-feira
See also
[edit]- (days of the week) dia da semana; domingo, lũes/segunda feira, martes/terça feira, mercores/quarta feira, joves/quinta feira, vernes/sesta feira, sabado (Category: roa-opt:Days of the week) [edit]