jarcia
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Byzantine Greek ἐξάρτια (exártia), plural of ἐξάρτιον (exártion), from Ancient Greek ἐξαρτίζω (exartízō). Compare Catalan xarxa (“net”), Italian sartia.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈxaɾθja/ [ˈxaɾ.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈxaɾsja/ [ˈxaɾ.sja]
- Rhymes: -aɾθja
- Rhymes: -aɾsja
- Syllabification: jar‧cia
Noun
editjarcia f (plural jarcias)
- (nautical) rigging
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Ya no se movió más sino con movimientos pequeños; y en su convulsión postrera, temblaban las rotas jarcias; y el mastelero de trinquete con la doble cruz formada por las vergas se doblaba como un báculo roto.
- He no longer moved except with small movements; and in his last convulsion the broken rigging trembled; and the ratchet mast with the double cross formed by the yards bent like a broken staff.
- fishing tackle
Further reading
edit- “jarcia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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