beira
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese beira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from ribeira from Latin riparia, or either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbejɾa̝/
Noun
beira f (plural beiras)
- border, edge
- rime, eave
- 1404, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:
- It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo
- Item, I send Diego de Lemos, my cousin, my armour and helm with visor [forepiece?] and all the other pieces of my body armour
- It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo
- 1404, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:
- shore
- bank
- Synonym: ribeira
Derived terms
References
- “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “beira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “beira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “beira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese beira, from ribeira.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɐj.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: bei‧ra
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:beira.
Verb
beira
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:beirar.
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