quinta feira
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See also: quinta-feira
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta feira, from Ecclesiastical Latin fēria quīnta (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- Thursday
- 1256, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 719:
- Feita carta in era de mil ducentos et novaenta et quatro annos, na primeira quinta feyra de iuyo, rey don Alfonso reynant in Leon et in Castella, don Migael bispo en Lugo, don Ruy Sueriz meyrino mayor en Galliza
- Deed made in era of a thousand and two hundred and ninety-four years , the first Thursday of June, king Don Alfonso reigning in Leon and Castille, Don Miguel bishop in Lugo, Don Roi Suárez governor in Galicia
- Feita carta in era de mil ducentos et novaenta et quatro annos, na primeira quinta feyra de iuyo, rey don Alfonso reynant in Leon et in Castella, don Migael bispo en Lugo, don Ruy Sueriz meyrino mayor en Galliza
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- E pois eu tamén lle ofrezo
duas ducias de regeyfas,
seis moletes, dèz galiñas,
que teño na capoeyra,
e mais vn par de capòs
que m'àn de dar quintafeyra.- And so also I offer her
two dozens loaves,
six muffins, ten hens that
I have in the coop
and a pair of capons
they'll give me Thursday
- And so also I offer her
- 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:
- iba eu á confeson / á miñan de quinta feira / é non achei confesor
- I was going to confess / Thursday morning / but I found no confessor
- Synonym: xoves
- 1256, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 719:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quinta feyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quinta feyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quinta feira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quinta feira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quinta feira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin fēria quīnta (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quinta feira f (plural quinta feiras)
- Holy Thursday
- (later) Thursday
- Synonym: joves
Descendants
- Galician: quinta feira
- Portuguese: quinta-feira
See also
- (days of the week) dia da semana; domingo, lũes/segunda feira, martes/terça feira, mercores/quarta feira, joves/quinta feira, vernes/sesta feira, sabado (Category: roa-opt:Days of the week)