quinta feira

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See also: quinta-feira

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta feira, from Ecclesiastical Latin fēria quīnta (Thursday, literally fifth weekday).

Pronunciation

Noun

quinta feira f

  1. 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
    • 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
    • 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

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin fēria quīnta (Thursday, literally fifth weekday).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkin.ta ˈfej.ɾa/

Noun

quinta feira f

  1. Holy Thursday
  2. (later) Thursday
    Synonym: joves

Descendants

  • Galician: quinta feira
  • Portuguese: quinta-feira

See also