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)

  1. (archaic) candlestick, candleholder
  2. 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.
  1. Varela Sieiro, Xaime (2003). Léxico cotián na alta idade media de Galicia: o enxoval. Sada: Ediciós do Castro, pages 271-272.
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