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English
Noun
beira (plural beiras or beira)
- A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English beira)
Pronunciation
Noun
beira
- beira (small antilope)
Declension
Galician
Etymology
Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese beira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from ribeira, from Latin riparia (with unexplained elision of first syllabe), or rather from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
Noun
beira f (plural beiras)
- border, edge, brim, limit
- rime, eave
- Synonyms: bordo, marxe
1404, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo- Item, I send Diego de Lemos, my cousin, my armour and helm with visor and all the other pieces of my body armour
- shore
- Synonyms: beiramar, orela, ribeira
- bank
- Synonym: ribeira
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “beira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beira”, 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), “beira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese beira, from ribeira.
Noun
beira f (plural beiras)
- edge, margin, border
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:beira.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beira
- inflection of beirar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative