Noun: sirgo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sirgo |
| Plural m | sirgos |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sirgo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
sirgo', Latin Nouns '
sēricus'.
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