barbeito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Latin vervactum (“fallow ground”), from vervagō (“to plough or break fallow land”), of unknown origin.

Cognate with Portuguese barbeito and Spanish barbecho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɾˈβejto̝/

Noun

barbeito m (plural barbeitos)

  1. fallow
  2. farmland

Derived terms
  • Barbeita
  • Barbeitas
  • Barbeito
  • Barbeitos

References
  • “barueyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “barbeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “barbeito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “barbeito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

barbeito m (plural barbeitos)

  1. (agriculture) fallow (tilling of land without sowing it)
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