cereixa

Galician

Alternative forms

• zreixa

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cereyja (compare Portuguese cereja), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Cognate with Portuguese cereja and Spanish cereza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾejʃa̝/, /ˈθɾɛjʃa̝/, (western) /seˈɾejʃa̝/

Noun

cereixa f (plural cereixas)

1. cherry (fruit)
   • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 439:

     da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas

     of the fruits of Ledime [...] they should give a fourth, except peaches and cherries

Derived terms

• cereixa ambroesa

Related terms

• Cerceda
• Cercedo
• Cercido
• Cerdal
• Cerdeda
• Cerdedelo
• Cerdediño
• Cerdedo
• cerdeira
• Cerdeira
• Cerdeiral
• Cerdeiras
• Cerdeiriña
• Cerdeiro
• Cerdido
• Cereixal
• Cereixás
• Cereixedo
• cereixeira
• Cereixido
• Xercido
• Xurucido

References

• “cereixa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cereixa”, 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), “cereixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cereixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN