eiva

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Galician

Etymology

Probably from an earlier *aleiva, cognate with Spanish aleve (“flaw”), from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb, “disgraceful action”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

  1. disability of a limb
  2. crack
    Synonyms: fenda, rachadura
  3. (figuratively) flaw, defect

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “aleive”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ei‧va

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

  1. crack
  2. (figuratively) flaw

Synonyms

Derived terms

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