parideira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parideyra (first attested in 1342). By surface analysis, parir (“to give birth”) +‎ -deira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾiˈdejɾa/ [pa.ɾiˈð̞ej.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -ejɾa
Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧dei‧ra

Adjective

parideira (feminine-only, feminine plural parideiras)

fertile
Synonym: fértil

Noun

parideira f (plural parideiras)

a female who is about to give birth
a fertile female (in reproductive age)

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “parideyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parideira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “parideira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parideiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From parir (“to give birth”) +‎ -deira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾiˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [pa.ɾiˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾiˈde(j).ɾa/ [pa.ɾiˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾiˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [pɐ.ɾiˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾiˈdej.ɾɐ/ [pɐ.ɾiˈðej.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾiˈdej.ɾɐ/ [pɐ.ɾiˈðej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾiˈde.ɾɐ/ [pɐ.ɾiˈðe.ɾɐ]

Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧dei‧ra

Noun

parideira f (plural parideiras)

a female who is giving birth
a female in reproductive age

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