cirurxián

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese celorgião (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from *chirurgianus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrurgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Cognate with Portuguese cirurgião.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θiɾuɾˈʃjaŋ/ [θi.ɾuɾˈʃjɑŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θiɾuɾˈʃjaŋ/ [θi.ɾuɾˈʃjɑŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /siɾuɾˈʃjaŋ/ [si.ɾuɾˈʃjɑŋ]

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

cirurxián m (plural cirurxiáns, feminine cirurxiá, feminine plural cirurxiás)

1. surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
   • 1327, M. Lucas Alvarez, M. J. Justo Martín, editors, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

     uos Fernan Perez, silurgiam

     thou, Fernán Pérez, surgeon

Related terms

• cirurxía
• cirúrxico

 

References

• “cirurxián” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “celorgião” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “solyrgião” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cirurxián” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cirurxián” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.