feixe

Galician

Alternative forms

• faz, feixo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese feixe (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fascis, from fascio (“to bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰasko (“bundle, band”). Cognate with Portuguese feixe, Spanish haz, Catalan feix, Occitan fais, French faix, Italian fascio and Romanian fascie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfejʃe̝/, /ˈfejʃ/

Noun

feixe m (plural feixes)

1. bundle

   Synonym: mada

2. sheaf
   • 1519, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 219:

     Çinco feyxes de liño, un maçado e quatro por maçar

     five flax sheafs: one threshed and four pending

   Synonym: mollo

3. (collective) faggot
   • 1301, M. Romaní Martinez, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, 3, page 1241:

     dous feyxes de rodriga

     two faggots of stakes

   Synonym: lote

4. lot (a number)
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:

     Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros

     Tax on the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they can bring on themselves, a coin; an two coins for each amphora

   Synonym: lote

5. lot (large quantity)

   Synonyms: lote, morea, mundo

6. winepress beam

Derived terms

• afeixar
• enfeixar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “feixe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “feyx” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “feixe” 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 Galician-Portuguese feixe, from Latin fascis, from fascio (“to bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰasko (“bundle, band”). Cognate with Galician feixe, Spanish haz, Catalan feix, Occitan fais, French faix, Italian fascio and Romanian fascie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.ʃɨ/, /ˈfej.ʃɨ/
• Hyphenation: fei‧xe

Noun

feixe m (plural feixes)

1. bundle
2. sheaf
3. (collective) faggot (bundle of wood)
4. portion

Related terms

• faixa