carquois
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French carcois, carquais, from earlier tarchais, tarquait, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš), ترکش (tarkaš, tarkeš, from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carquois m (plural carquois)
- quiver (for arrows)
- 1892, Maurice Maeterlinck, Pelléas et Mélisande:
- GOLAUD : C’est sans le vouloir ; voyons, ne pleure plus, je te donnerai quelque chose demain…
YNIOLD : Quoi, petit-père ?
GOLAUD : Un carquois et des flèches ; mais dis-moi ce que tu sais au sujet de la porte.- GOLAUD : It's without wanting it; let's see, don't cry any more, I'll give you something tomorrow…
YNIOLD : What, grandfather?
GOLAUD : A quiver and arrows; but tell me what you know about the door
- GOLAUD : It's without wanting it; let's see, don't cry any more, I'll give you something tomorrow…
Further reading
[edit]- “carquois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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