palear

Latin

Etymology

From palea (“chaff”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.le.ar/, [ˈpäɫ̪eär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.le.ar/, [ˈpäːleär]

Noun

palear n (genitive paleāris); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) The skin that hangs down from the neck of an ox, dewlap.
2. (by extension) The throat.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palear	paleāria
Genitive	paleāris	paleārium
Dative	paleārī	paleāribus
Accusative	palear	paleāria
Ablative	paleārī	paleāribus
Vocative	palear	paleāria

Related terms

• palea
• paleālis
• paleāris

• paleārium
• paleātus

References

• “palear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palear in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palear, from pala (“shovel”), cognate with pá.

Verb

1. to shovel (to move material with a shovel)

Synonyms

• padejar

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Spanish

Etymology

pala +‎ -ear

Verb

1. to shovel