# ducia
## Fala
### Alternative forms

* udia (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duzia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduθja/
* Rhymes: -uθja
* Syllabification: du‧cia

### Noun

ducia f (plural ducias)
* (Valverdeñu) dozen

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duzia (independently attested in both corpora), from a derivative of Latin duodecim. Compare Portuguese dúzia, Spanish docena, English dozen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduθja/ [ˈd̪u.θjɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈduθja/ [ˈd̪u.θjɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈdusja/ [ˈd̪u.sjɐ]
* Rhymes: -uθja
* Rhymes: -uθja
* Rhymes: -usja

### Noun

ducia f (plural ducias)
* dozen
** 1274, “Documentos antiguos de Galicia”, in M. Sponer, editor, Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, Barcelona, 7, page 76:Outroſi nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas mayaſ una duzea de bonoſ auééſ τ outra duzea de lanpreasAlso, you shall give to us yearly, by the calends of May, a dozen good shads and another dozen lampreys
** 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
    Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar, e mays lle mando una cama de roupa con quatro cabeçaás e un colchón e un almadraque e con suas sabaas e media duzia d'almofadas e con hua manta de picote, e se ouver em casa un par de colchas, que aja ela una delas.Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both bought a half of it from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii; and also bequeath to her a clothed bed with four pillows and a mattress and a mat, and with its sheets and half a dozen cushions and a wool blanket, and if there are in house a pair of quilts, she should have one
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Vinte cinco ducias D'obos eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan con que fazer os Formigos, e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas; porque sairon ogano moytos enjames d'abellas.Twenty-five dozens of eggs I offer her, so that they have the necessary to cook the formigos; and of honey a cauldron, because my skeps and hives have very good honeycombs, because this year many swarms of bees went out

#### Related terms

* doce

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “duzia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “duzea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “duzia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ducia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ducia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ducia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN