See also: Femia

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fēmina.

Noun edit

femia f

  1. female

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)

  1. a female
    Antonyms: macho, varón
  2. socket; female of a mechanical joint or structure; eye
    Antonym: macho

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)

  1. female

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.