almáciga

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْمَسْقَى‎ (al-másqā), from Classical Arabic مَسْقًى‎ (masqan, “water deposit”) from Arabic سَقَى‎ (saqā, “to give to drink”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈmaθiɡa/ [alˈma.θi.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈmasiɡa/ [alˈma.si.ɣ̞a]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθiɡa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧má‧ci‧ga

almáciga f (plural almácigas)

1. A seedbed

From Arabic المُصْطَكَى‎ (al-muṣṭakā, “mastic”), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē, “mastic”), through Andalusian Arabic.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈmaθiɡa/ [alˈma.θi.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈmasiɡa/ [alˈma.si.ɣ̞a]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθiɡa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asiɡa
• Syllabification: al‧má‧ci‧ga

almáciga f (plural almácigas)

1. A yellowy resin extracted from Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), mastic

• “almáciga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014