beira
English edit
Noun edit
beira (plural beira)
- A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English beira)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beira
- beira (small antilope)
Declension edit
Inflection of beira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | beira | beirat | ||
genitive | beiran | beirojen | ||
partitive | beiraa | beiroja | ||
illative | beiraan | beiroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | beira | beirat | ||
accusative | nom. | beira | beirat | |
gen. | beiran | |||
genitive | beiran | beirojen beirainrare | ||
partitive | beiraa | beiroja | ||
inessive | beirassa | beiroissa | ||
elative | beirasta | beiroista | ||
illative | beiraan | beiroihin | ||
adessive | beiralla | beiroilla | ||
ablative | beiralta | beiroilta | ||
allative | beiralle | beiroille | ||
essive | beirana | beiroina | ||
translative | beiraksi | beiroiksi | ||
abessive | beiratta | beiroitta | ||
instructive | — | beiroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese beira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from ribeira, from Latin riparia (with unexplained elision of first syllabe), or rather from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beira f (plural beiras)
- border, edge, brim, limit
- rime, eave
- 1404, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:
- It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo
- Item, I send Diego de Lemos, my cousin, my armour and helm with visor [forepiece?] and all the other pieces of my body armour
- shore
- bank
- Synonym: ribeira
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “beira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “beira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “beira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese beira, from ribeira.
Noun edit
beira f (plural beiras)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:beira.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
beira
- inflection of beirar: