# sirgo
## Catalan
### Verb

sirgo
* first-person singular present indicative of sirgar

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈsiɾħo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ħʊ]
* Rhymes: -iɾɡo
* Rhymes: -iɾɡo
* Rhymes: -iɾħo
* Hyphenation: sir‧go

### Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)
* (archaic) silk
* (rare) fishline
    Synonyms: liña, liñó, sedela, tanza

#### Derived terms

* sirga
* sirgar
* sirgo da raposa

### References

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

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* silgo

### Etymology

From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/

### Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)
* silk
** 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)
    ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgoshe's wearing a silk shirt
** 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verdeItem, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that has detachable laterals[?] and that comes in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk
* silkworm

#### Synonyms

* (silk): seda
* (silkworm): babou

#### Descendants

* Galician: sirgo
* Portuguese: sirgo

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sirgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sirgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiɻ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɾ.ɣu]
* Hyphenation: sir‧go

### Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)
* silk
    Synonym: seda
* silkworm
    Synonym: bicho-da-seda

## Spanish
### Verb

sirgo
* first-person singular present indicative of sirgar