varcia

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as varcena, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1] Cognate with Portuguese várzea and vargem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾθja̝/, (western) /ˈbaɾsja̝/

Noun

varcia f (plural varcias)

  1. (dated) floodplain; fertile plain terrain on the banks of a river
    Synonym: veiga
  • Barcela
  • Barcia
  • Barcias
  • Barciela
  • Barcielas
  • Bargiela
  • Barja
  • Barjas
  • Barxa
  • Barxacova
  • Barxamaior
  • Barxas
  • Barxela
  • Barxelas

References
  • “vargea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “varz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “varcia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “varcia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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