femia
See also: Femia
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
femia f
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Independently attested in Old Galician-Portuguese as femea (Galicia) and femea, femẽa (Portugal); from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea and Spanish hembra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
femia f (plural femias)
Usage notes edit
The noun is occasionally used as an adjective in apposition: unha ra femia, un sapo femia.
Adjective edit
femia m or f (plural femias)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “femea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “femea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “femia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “femia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “femia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.