marcasita

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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