acibeche

• aziveche (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azaveche, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/⁠šabag⁠/), from šp (/⁠šab⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /⁠xšapa⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.

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

acibeche m (plural acibeches)

1. jet (a form of compact, glistening coal often used in jewelry)
   • 1999, Leandro García Bugarín, transl., Galicia: breviario para o galego ausente [Galicia: compendium for the absent Galician], Vigo: Galaxia, translation of original by Vicente Almazán, →ISBN, page 268:

     Algo máis característico da artesanía galega é a acibechería. Agás raras excepcións, as figuras de acibeche son bastante pequenas, debido á natureza moi fráxil desta pedra.

     Something more characteristic of Galician handicraftship is jet carving. Excluding rare exceptions, the jet figures are very small, due to the very fragile nature of this stone.

acibeche m or f (plural acibeches)

1. jet-black

   Hypernyms: preto, negro

• 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
• “acibeche”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025