treito

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese treito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahō (“I drag; extract”). Cognate with Spanish trecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾejto̝/

Noun

treito m (plural treitos)

1. distance, stretch, extension (in space or time)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 431:

     mays pero os troyãos forõ ende maltreytos et alongados do cãpo per força ben dous treytos de beesta.

     but the Trojans were then battered and forcibly repelled for the distance of two shots of crossbow.

2. way, trail, walk
3. frame of a roof

Synonyms

• (stretch): tramo
• (way): traxecto

Related terms

• traer (“to bring”)
• treita (“a strip of land”)
• treitoira (“pegs which secure the axis of the wheels of a cart to the cart itself”)

References

• “treito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “treyto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “treito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “treito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “treito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.