Galician edit

 
Escaleiras, Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela (17-18th century)
 
Escaleiras, castro de Baroña (Iron Age)

Etymology edit

13th century. Adaptation from Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scalaria, from Latin scalae. Compare the doublet esqueira.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

escaleira f (plural escaleiras)

  1. (usually in the plural) stairway
  2. ladder
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

Related terms edit

References edit

  • escaleira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • escaleyr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • escaleira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • escaleira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • escaleira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

escaleira f (plural escaleiras)

  1. ladder

References edit