sorbeira

Galician

Sorbeira / service tree

Sorbeira / gooseberry

Etymology

sorba +‎ -eira, from Latin sorbus. Cognate with Portuguese sorveira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈβejɾa̝/

Noun

sorbeira f (plural sorbeiras)

1. sorb; service tree (Sorbus domestica)
2. wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis)
3. rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

   Synonyms: capudre, cancereixo

4. gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

   Synonym: groselleira

Related terms

• Solbeira
• Solveira
• sorba

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sorueyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “sorbeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.