faia

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Portuguese faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

Pronunciation

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Derived terms

References

  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “faia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “faia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

faia

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”).

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Descendants

  • Galician: faia
  • Portuguese: faia

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Galician faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fai‧a

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
  2. faya (tree of species Myrica faya)
    Synonyms: faia-das-ilhas, faia-da-terra, samouco
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

faia

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