carcás

carcás

See also: carcas

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician carcaix, from Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش‎ (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش‎ (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش‎ (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر‎ (tir, “arrow”) +‎ کش‎ (kaš, “container”).

Noun

carcás m (plural carcases)

1. quiver
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 129:

     leuauã todos seus arquos tendidos et os carcayses bem chẽos de seetas

     they had their bows ready and their quivers well loaded with arrows

   • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:

     Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.

     Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

   Synonym: alxaba

References

• “carcays” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “carcaix” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “carcays” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “carcax” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “carcás” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carcaix, from Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش‎ (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش‎ (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش‎ (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر‎ (tir, “arrow”) +‎ کش‎ (kaš, “container”).

Noun

carcás m (plural carcases)

1. quiver (arrow container)

Synonyms

• aljava, fáretra