eiva

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Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from an earlier *aleiva, cognate with Spanish aleve (“flaw”), from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb, “disgraceful action”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

  1. disability of a limb
  2. crack
    Synonyms: fenda, rachadura
  3. (figuratively) flaw, defect
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “aleive”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

eiva

  1. inflection of eivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from Latin labes (“fault, defect, collapse”).

Pronunciation 1

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ei‧va

Pronunciation 2

  • Hyphenation: ei‧va

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

  1. crack
    Synonym: rachadura
  2. (figuratively) flaw
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “eiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

eiva

  1. inflection of eivar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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