sirgo

== Catalan == === Verb === sirgo first-person singular present indicative of sirgar == Galician == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sir‧go === Noun === sirgo m (plural sirgos) (archaic) silk (rare) fishline Synonyms: liña, liñó, sedela, tanza ==== Derived terms ==== sirga sirgar sirgo da raposa === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === silgo === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/ === Noun === sirgo m (plural sirgos) silk 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile) silkworm ==== Synonyms ==== (silk): seda (silkworm): babou ==== Descendants ==== Galician: sirgo Portuguese: sirgo === Further reading === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sir‧go === Noun === sirgo m (plural sirgos) silk Synonym: seda silkworm Synonym: bicho-da-seda === Further reading === “sirgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “sirgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === sirgo first-person singular present indicative of sirgar