azougue

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese açougue (13th century), from Arabic اَلسُّوق‎ (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”),[1] from Aramaic שוקא‎ or ܫܘܩܐ‎ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒀀𒆪 (sāqu, “narrow”). Cognate with Portuguese açougue, Spanish zoco and Maltese suq. Doublet of alcouce.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈθowɣe̝/, (western) /aˈsowɣe̝/

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. (archaic) market square
    • 1396, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media. Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 119:
      no açouge de Monforte
      in the marketplace of Monforte

Etymology 2

From Arabic الزُوقْ‎ (az-zūq), from Arabic اَلزَّاوُوق‎ (az-zāwūq, “quicksilver”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈθowɣe̝/, (western) /aˈsowɣe̝/

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. (chemistry, uncountable) mercury, quicksilver
    Synonym: mercurio
  2. potion
  3. (figuratively) nervous, restless person

References
  • “azougue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “azoug” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “açoug” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “azougue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “azougue” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “azougue” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Corriente, Federico (2008), “açougue”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Corriente, Federico (2008), “azogue1”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

azougue m (plural azougues)

  1. quicksilver (mercury)
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