sirgo

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”).

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. (archaic) silk
2. (rare) fishline

   Synonyms: liña, liñó, sedela, tanza

• sirga
• sirgar
• sirgo da raposa

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sirgo”, 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), “sirgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sirgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• silgo

From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk
   • 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde

     Item, I bequeath said Inés my headdress, that has detachable laterals and that comes in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk

2. silkworm

• (silk): seda
• (silkworm): babou

• Galician: sirgo
• Portuguese: sirgo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲 / 丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk

   Synonym: seda

2. silkworm

   Synonym: bicho-da-seda

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar