eira

See also: -eira and Eira

Galician

Eira da Ermida: a group of garners built by an old threshing floor

Alternative forms

• aira

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈejɾa̝/

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

1. threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

Derived terms

• Aira
• Aira Vella
• Airado
• Airas
• Airavedra
• Airavella
• Airoa
• Eira Pedriña
• Eira Vella
• eirada
• eirado
• Eirado
• Eiravedra
• eiroa
• Eiró
• Eiroa
• Eiroá

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “eira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eira”, 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), “eira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Guaraní

Noun

eira

1. wild cat

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾa/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ei‧ra

Etymology 1

eira

From Old Galician-Portuguese eira (“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

1. threshing floor

   Synonym: malhadouro

Derived terms

• sem eira nem beira
• querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal

Related terms

• área, eirado

Etymology 2

eira (Eira barbara)

Borrowed from Guaraní eira.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

1. (Brazil) tayra (Eira barbara)

   Synonyms: irara, papa-mel

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) eiry

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrɣ (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ra/
• Rhymes: -ei̯ra

Noun

eira m (plural eiraoedd) (usually uncountable)

1. snow

   Synonym: ôd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eira	unchanged	unchanged	heira
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.