marcasita
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin marchasita, from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā), while the form margajita is directly from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾkaˈsita/ [maɾ.kaˈsi.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: mar‧ca‧si‧ta
Noun
marcasita f (plural marcasitas)
- (mineralogy) marcasite
Alternative forms
- margajita
- margaxita (obsolete)
Further reading
- “marcasita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014