Noun: sirgo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sirgo |
| Plural m | sirgos |
Sample Sentences
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ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo (she's wearing a silk shirt) [13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)]
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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) [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:]
Nouns inflected like sirgo
sabado,
estreleyro,
sobaco,
bezerro,
febreyro,
miradoiro,
pescoço,
perigoo,
cavaleiro,
portuguees,
paranho,
parayso,
afazemento,
deserto,
dereito,
sagrado,
elefante,
biscoito,
fevreyro,
diluvio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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”). See: Latin Nouns '
sēricus'.
Verbs referencing "sirgo"
Galician Nouns
sirgo, Portuguese Nouns
sirgo.
Translations