eixe

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipse. Compare Spanish ese.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʃə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ʃe/

Determiner

eixe (feminine eixa, masculine and feminine plural eixos)

1. (Valencia) this, that

Pronoun

eixe (feminine eixa, masculine and feminine plural eixos)

1. (Valencia) this (one), (in the plural) these (ones)

Related terms

• aqueix

See also

Catalan demonstratives

Grade		determiner	pronoun	locative
1st	near	aquest, este1	açò2, ço1	ací1
2nd	neutral	aqueix1, eixe1	això	aquí, ahí2
3rd	remote	aquell	allò	allà, allí
1) Dialectal, archaic in other dialects 2) Valencian

Galician

Alternative forms

• eixo

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin axis (“axletree”) (with change of declension), from Proto-Italic *aksis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Portuguese eixo and Spanish eje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈejʃɪ]

Noun

eixe m (plural eixes)

1. axle, axletree
2. axis

References

• “eixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “eixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “eixe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “eixe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “eixe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.