castizal
Galician
castizal
Etymology
Unknown. The word is documented in High Medieval Latin charters as cancistales, canicistales and casistale.[1] Cognate with Portuguese castiçal.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /kastiˈθal/
- (western) IPA(key): /kastiˈsal/
Noun
castizal m (plural castizais)
- (archaic) candlestick, candleholder
- sea fan (Eunicella Verrucosa)
Synonyms
- cirieira
References
- “castisal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “castizal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- Varela Sieiro, Xaime (2003). Léxico cotián na alta idade media de Galicia: o enxoval. Sada: Ediciós do Castro, pages 271-272.