beiral

Galician

palloza (thatched house) in eastern Galicia. Note the eves (beirado, beiral, beiril) made of slabs.

Etymology

Attested since 1358. From beira (“rim, border”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bejˈɾal]

Noun

beiral m (plural beirais)

1. eaves
   • 1358, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 433:

     Et damos a vos a dita quarta parte das ditas casas con todos seus sotoos, sobrados, apanaeiras?, portaes et entradas, seydas et agoas veiraes et con todas outras suas perteenças et dreyturas,

     We give to you this fourth of said houses with all of their ground and upper floors, walls, porches and entryways, exits and waters, eaves and with all of their other belongings and rights

   Synonyms: beirado, beiril

2. boundary of a property

Related terms

• beira

References

• “veiraes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “beiral” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “beiral” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be(j)ˈɾaw/ [be(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐjˈɾal/ [bɐjˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐjˈɾal/ [bɐjˈɾaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈɾal/ [bejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈɾal/ [bejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /beˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: bei‧ral

Noun

beiral m (plural beirais)

1. (architecture) eaves (underside of a roof)

   Synonym: beirado