pexa

Galician

A wild horse in the mountains of Galicia, illegally fettered with a péga or pexa
Idem

Etymology

From an older *peja, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pedem (foot). Cognate with Portuguese peia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeʃa̝/

Noun

pexa f (plural pexas)

  1. fetter (an object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs)
    Synonyms: péga, traba
  2. (figuratively) impediment, fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
    Synonyms: péga, traba

Derived terms

  • despexar
  • despexo
  • pexadoiro
  • pexar

References

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰɛxsa/
    Rhymes: -ɛxsa

Verb

pexa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative pexaði, supine pexað)

  1. (intransitive, with preposition við) to quarrel, to squabble

Conjugation

Synonyms


Latin

Participle

pexa

  1. nominative feminine singular of pexus
  2. nominative neuter plural of pexus
  3. accusative neuter plural of pexus
  4. vocative feminine singular of pexus
  5. vocative neuter plural of pexus

pexā

  1. ablative feminine singular of pexus

References

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