xerra

Catalan

Verb

xerra

1. third-person singular present indicative form of xerrar
2. second-person singular imperative form of xerrar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1432 (jarra). From Arabic جَرَّة‎ (jarra, “earthern receptacle”), cognate with Spanish and Portuguese jarra, Catalan gerra, French jarre, Italian giara and English jar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛrɐ]

Noun

xerra f (plural xerras)

1. jar (an earthenware container with one or more handles for holding water, wine, etc)
   • 1432, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 66:

     o dito Pero Qrun trouxera e metera byno en jarras de sobre mar este dito año despois do tempo acostumado polo dito Conçello que lle fosen logo tornar o tal byno a jarras e lle quebrantasen as ditas jarras e o tirasen o tal byno polo tarreo

     said Pedro Cru has brought wine in jars over the sea to this town this year, beyond the usual time as established by the council; that this wine must be retuned to the jars and said jars must be broken and said wine poured on the ground

2. jug, pitcher

Derived terms

• xerro

References

• “jarra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “xerra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xerra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xerra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.