venres

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vernes (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin Veneris dīēs, variant of dīēs Veneris, from Venus (Roman goddess).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛnre̝s/

Noun

venres m (plural venres)

  1. Friday
    • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 94:
      Os outros dias da semana teuerom et téém et am os antigóós [nomes] quelles os [gentijs] poserõ das planetas: o lues da lũa, o martes de Mars, o mercoles de Mercurio, o joues de Jupyter, o vernes de Venus
      the other days of the week had and have the old names which the pagans gave to them, from the planets: Monday of the Moon, Tuesday of Mars, Wednesday of Mercury, Thursday of Jupiter, Friday of Venus
    Synonym: sexta feira

See also

References

  • vernes” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • vernes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • venres” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • venres” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • venres” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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