argola

argola

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1300. From Arabic الغُلّ‎ (al-ḡull, “the ring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɣɔla̝/

Noun

argola f (plural argolas)

1. ring

   Synonym: anel

2. large metallic ring used as fastening
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 437:

     Que o dito Lourenço, ferreiro, que faça seysçentos ferros de quatro pees en longo et de cada parte hua argolla grande et grosa [...] et que cada ferro teña as argollas ben saldadas, por que se algua das soldadoras falleçese, toda a obra se perdería.

     That the aforementioned Lourenzo, smith, must make six hundred iron items, each one four-feet long and having at both extremes a thick and large ring [...] and every item must have its rings correctly welded, because if any of the welds failed, the whole work would be lost.

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic الغُلّ‎ (al-ḡull, “the ring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡɔ.la/, /aʁˈɡɔ.la/

Noun

argola f (plural argolas)

1. ring

References

• “argolla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.