femia

See also: Femia

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fēmina.

Noun

femia f

1. female

Galician

Alternative forms

• fema, fémea

Etymology

Independently attested in Old Galician-Portuguese as femea (Galicia) and femea, femẽa (Portugal); from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea and Spanish hembra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfemja/ [ˈfe.mjɐ]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Hyphenation: fe‧mia

Noun

femia f (plural femias)

1. a female

   Antonyms: macho, varón

2. socket; female of a mechanical joint or structure; eye

   Antonym: macho

Usage notes

The noun is occasionally used as an adjective in apposition: uña ra femia, un sapo femia.

Adjective

femia m or f (plural femias)

1. female

Derived terms

• fieito femia
• tinta femia

References

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