eiva

Galician

Etymology

Probably from an earlier *aleiva, cognate with Spanish aleve (“flaw”), from Arabic عَيْب‎ (ʿayb, “disgraceful action”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

disability of a limb
crack
Synonyms: fenda, rachadura
(figuratively) flaw, defect

Derived terms

eivar

References

“eiva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“eiva” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“eiva” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Corriente, Federico (2008), “aleive”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ei‧va

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

crack
(figuratively) flaw

Synonyms

(crack): rachadura

Derived terms

eivar

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