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arcaduz

each of the buckets on a water wheel; water pipecada uno de los recipientes de una noria; caño de agua

Comes from Arabic

القَادُوس

al-qādūs

“the bucket of a water wheel”«el cangilón, el cubo de la noria»

Arabic today says

قَادُوس

qādūs

And it still does

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.

The story

Arabic qādūs comes from Greek kádos, "jar". The l of the article turned into r before the q: al-qadús > arcaduz.El árabe qādūs viene del griego kádos, «jarra». La l del artículo se convirtió en r ante la q: al-qadús > arcaduz.

In a sentence

La noria tenía arcaduces de barro.

The water wheel had clay buckets.

كَانَتْ لِلنَّاعُورَةِ قَوَادِيسُ مِنَ الفَخَّار.

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