azougue

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈθowɣe̝/, (western) /aˈsowɣe̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese açougue (13th century), from Arabic اَلسُّوق (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”), from Aramaic שוקא or ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒀀𒆪 (sāqu, “narrow”). Cognate with Portuguese açougue, Spanish zoco and Maltese suq. Doublet of alcouce.

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. (archaic) market square
    • 1396, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 119:
      no açouge de Monforte
      in the marketplace of Monforte

Etymology 2

From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. (uncountable) mercury, quicksilver
    Synonym: mercurio
  2. potion
  3. (figurative) nervous, restless person

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “azougue”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “azoug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “açoug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “azougue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “azougue” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “azougue” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “açougue”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “azogue1”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧zou‧gue

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. quicksilver (mercury)
  2. (Madeira, Northeast Brazil) magnet
    Synonym: íman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

azougue

  1. inflection of azougar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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