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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin fēmina.
Noun
femia f
- female
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Independently attested in Old Galician-Portuguese as femea (Galicia) and femea, femẽa (Portugal); from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea and Spanish hembra.
Pronunciation
Noun
femia f (plural femias)
- a female
- Antonyms: macho, varón
- socket; female of a mechanical joint or structure; eye
- Antonym: macho
Usage notes
The noun is occasionally used as an adjective in apposition: unha ra femia, un sapo femia.
Adjective
femia m or f (plural femias)
- female
Derived terms
References
- “femea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “femea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “femia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “femia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “femia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.