cereixa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cereyja (compare Portuguese cereja), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, cherry), from κερασός (kerasós, bird cherry), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Cognate with Portuguese cereja and Spanish cereza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeˈɾejʃa̝/, /ˈθɾɛjʃa̝/, (western) /seˈɾejʃa̝/

Noun

cereixa f (plural cereixas)

  1. cherry (fruit)
    • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 439:
      da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas
      of the fruits of Ledime [...] they should give a fourth, except peaches and cherries

Derived terms

  • cereixa ambroesa
  • Cerceda
  • Cercedo
  • Cercido
  • Cerdal
  • Cerdeda
  • Cerdedelo
  • Cerdediño
  • Cerdedo
  • cerdeira
  • Cerdeira
  • Cerdeiral
  • Cerdeiras
  • Cerdeiriña
  • Cerdeiro
  • Cerdido
  • Cereixal
  • Cereixás
  • Cereixedo
  • cereixeira
  • Cereixido

References

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