fieito

Galician

Felgos, folgueiras, fentos, fieitos ("ferns")

Alternative forms

• fento (southern Galicia)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese *feeyto, from Latin filictum (“place with ferns”). Cognate with Portuguese feto, Spanish helecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈejto̝/

Noun

fieito m (plural fieitos)

1. fern

   Synonyms: felga, felgo, fento, folgueira

Derived terms

• Fenteira
• fieital
• fieiteira
• Fieiteira
• fieito macho
• fieito real
• Fieitosa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fieyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN