ervella

Galician

Ervellas or chícharos

Alternative forms

• ervelha, ervilha (reintegrationist)
• ervilla, revella

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ervilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈβeʎa̝/

Noun

ervella f (plural ervellas)

1. pea (Pisum sativum)

   Synonyms: chícharo, ervello, perico

   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

     oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas

     eight fanegas of legumes, both beans and peas

2. bean

   Synonym: ervella branca

Derived terms

• ervella branca
• ervellaca
• ervellais
• ervellás
• ervillás

See also

• ervella on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eruella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ervella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ervella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ervella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN