fiestra

Galician

unha fiestra (a window)

Alternative forms

• festra
• fresta (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fenestra. Cognate with Portuguese fresta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈɛstɾa/ [fiˈɛs̺.t̪ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛstɾa
• Hyphenation: fi‧es‧tra

Noun

fiestra f (plural fiestras)

1. window

   Synonyms: ventá, xanela

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 43:

     Despoys que passarõ quareenta dias que quedarõ as chuvias, parou mentes Noe cõmo avya ja tẽpo que nõ chouera, et abrio a feestra da arca et enviou o coruo por que se terra ou aruore ou algũa outra cousa achase

     After forty days had passed and the rain stopped, Noah noticed that it has passed some time with no rain and so he opened the windows of the ark and sent the raven to find land or trees or anything

2. small window, vent
3. needle eye

   Synonym: alfiestra

Related terms

• alfiestra

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feestra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feestra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiestra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fiestra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fiestra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN