beira

See also: Beira and beirã

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese beira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from ribeira from Latin riparia, or either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbejɾa̝/

Noun

beira f (plural beiras)

1. border, edge, brim, limit
2. rime, eave
   • 1404, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:

     It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo

     Item, I send Diego de Lemos, my cousin, my armour and helm with visor [forepiece?] and all the other pieces of my body armour

   Synonyms: bordo, marxe

3. shore

   Synonyms: beiramar, orela, ribeira

4. bank

   Synonym: ribeira

Derived terms

• beira de
• Beira do Río
• beirado
• beirarrúa
• Beiras
• beiravía
• beiril
• beiramar
• facer as beiras

References

• “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “beira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “beira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “beira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “beira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese beira, from ribeira.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐj.ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: bei‧ra

Noun

beira f (plural beiras)

1. edge, margin, border

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:beira.

Verb

beira

1. third-person singular present indicative of beirar
2. second-person singular imperative of beirar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:beirar.