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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese celorgião (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from *chirurgianus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrurgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Cognate with Portuguese cirurgião.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /θiɾuɾˈʃjaŋ/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /siɾuɾˈʃjaŋ/
Noun
cirurxián m (plural cirurxiáns, feminine cirurxiá, feminine plural cirurxiás)
- surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
1327, M. Lucas Alvarez, M. J. Justo Martín, editors, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:uos Fernan Perez, silurgiam- thou, Fernán Pérez, surgeon
References
- “cirurxián”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “celorgião”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “solyrgião”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “cirurxián” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cirurxián” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.