sirgo

Catalan

Verb

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈsiɾħo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɾɡo

• Rhymes: -iɾɡo
• Rhymes: -iɾħo

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. (archaic) silk
2. (rare) fishline

   Synonyms: liña, liñó, sedela, tanza

Derived terms

• sirga
• sirgar
• sirgo da raposa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sirgo”, 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), “sirgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sirgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• silgo

Etymology

From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/

Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk
   • 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde

     Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that has detachable laterals[?] and that comes in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk

2. silkworm

Synonyms

• (silk): seda
• (silkworm): babou

Descendants

• Galician: sirgo
• Portuguese: sirgo

Further reading

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk

   Synonym: seda

2. silkworm

   Synonym: bicho-da-seda

Spanish

Verb

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar