cebada

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cibāta.

Noun

cebada f (plural cebaes)

  1. barley (Hordeum vulgare or its grains)

Galician

Cebada ("barley")

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta (food).

Pronunciation

Noun

cebada f (plural cebadas)

  1. barley
    Synonym: orxo
    • 1287, “El monasterio de San Salvador de Sobrado de Trives”, in E. Duro Peña, editor, Archivos Leoneses, 21, 49, page 72:
      dardes cada ano abbadesa do sobredito moesteyro un jantar neste guisa sosu[dita dar]desnos dous carneyros boos e tres cabritos e V galinnas e pan de centeo que auonde a nosa conpana e V teegas de çeuada por teega [dereita e] se for en inuerno dardesnos para este jantar un porco boo que ualea un mr. de boa moeda e tres cabritos e V galinnas
      you'll give this monastery's abbess a dinner each year in this way: two good rams and three kids and five hens and rye bread enough for our retinue and 5 bushels of barley, correctly measured; and if it happens to be winter you'll give us for this dinner a good pig, valued in three maravedis of good coinage, and three kids and five hens

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈbada/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈbada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: ce‧ba‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Catalan civada, Portuguese cevada.

Noun

cebada f (plural cebadas)

  1. barley
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cebada f sg

  1. feminine singular of cebado

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