garça

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾ.t͡sa/ === Noun === garça f (plural garças) heron Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas. This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey. ==== Descendants ==== Galician: garza Portuguese: garça == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese garça, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish garza, Mirandese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾsɐ Hyphenation: gar‧ça === Noun === garça f (plural garças) heron (any of the long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae) ==== Descendants ==== → Thai: กระสา (grà-sǎa) → Lao: ກະສາ (ka sā) → Khmer: ក្រសារ (krɑsaa) === Further reading === “garça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “garça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026