figueira
See also: Figueira
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīcāria.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
figueira f (plural figueiras)
- fig tree
- 1277, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 381:
- duas figueyras que estan en esse figueyredo
- two fig trees that are in that fig tree orchard
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References edit
- “figueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “figueyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “figueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “figueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “figueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira, from Latin fīcāria. By surface analysis, figo + -eira.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
Noun edit
figueira f (plural figueiras)
- fig tree