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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زَاج (zāj, “metal sulphate, vitriol”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈd͡zet͡ʃ/ (apocopic form)
Noun
azech m (plural azeches)
- any of several metallic sulfates with distinct properties; vitriol
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 42v:DEl ſeteno grado del ſigno de uirgo, es la piedra a que llamã azech. Esta es de .iiij. maneras. / Ala primera dizen çori / Ala ſegunda calcatar. / Ala tercera calcadiz, ⁊ ala quarta calcant.- Of the seventh degree of the sign of Virgo is the stone they call vitriol. It takes four forms: the first they call çori, the second calcatar, the third calcadiz and the fourth calcant.
- Idem, 43v.
Et eſte azech es limpio ⁊ claro de color, ⁊ mas peſado que los otros azeches. pero a parte cõ todos ellos en las p̃priedades que an […]- And this vitriol is clean and of a light color, and it is heavier than other vitriols, but it shares with them all their properties
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