eiva

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Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

Noun[edit]

eiva f (plural eivas)

Derived terms[edit]

eivar

References[edit]

“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

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

eiva

inflection of eivar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown. Possibly from Latin labes (“fault, defect, collapse”).^[1]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.vɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.vɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.va/ [ˈeɪ̯.va]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.bɐ/ [ˈej.βɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vɐ/

Hyphenation: ei‧va

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Hyphenation: ei‧va

Noun[edit]

eiva f (plural eivas)

crack
Synonym: rachadura
(figuratively) flaw

Derived terms[edit]

eivar

References[edit]

^ “eiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

eiva

inflection of eivar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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