castizal

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Galician

castizal

Etymology

Unknown. The word is documented in High Medieval Latin charters as cancistales, canicistales and casistale.[1] Cognate with Portuguese castiçal.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /kastiˈθal/
  • (western) IPA(key): /kastiˈsal/

Noun

castizal m (plural castizais)

  1. (archaic) candlestick, candleholder
  2. sea fan (Eunicella Verrucosa)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Xaime Varela Sieiro (2003) Léxico cotián na alta idade media de Galicia: o enxoval (in Galician), A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, pages 271-272