acibeche

Galician

Alternative forms

• aziveche (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in 1370. From Andalusian Arabic السبج (az-zabáǧ), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj, “jet, obsidian”), from Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/, “jet, obsidian”), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/, “night”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsep- (“night”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aθiˈbɛt͡ʃe/ [a.θiˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aθiˈbɛt͡ʃe/ [a.θiˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /asiˈbɛt͡ʃe/ [a.siˈβ̞ɛ.t͡ʃɪ]

• Rhymes: -ɛtʃe
• Hyphenation: a‧ci‧be‧che

Noun

acibeche m (plural acibeches)

1. jet (a form of compact, glistening coal often used in jewelry)
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 393:

     Et o caualo era todo rrodado de mãchas, hũas tã brãcas cõmo a neue et outras tã negras cõmo azaueches.

     And the horse was all covered with spots, some as white as snow, another ones as black as jet

Derived terms

• acibecheiro
• acibechería

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “azaueche”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “azaueche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acibeche”, 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), “acibeche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acibeche”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN