sobrecella

Galician

Alternative forms

• sobrancella, sobrencella, sobreceña

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300 (sobreçella). From a variant of Old Galician-Portuguese sobrencelha (without the nasal infix), from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soβɾeˈθeʎɐ], (western) [soβɾeˈseʎɐ]

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Noun

sobrecella f (plural sobrecellas)

1. eyebrow

   Synonym: cella

References

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