folgueira

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Galician

Felgos, folgueiras, fentos, fieitos ("ferns")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese felgueyra, from Vulgar Latin *filicaria, from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Portuguese felgueira, Spanish felguera Catalan falguera, French fougère.

Pronunciation

Noun

folgueira m (plural folgueiras)

  1. fern
    Synonyms: felga, felgo, fento, fieito
  2. place with ferns

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “felgueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “felg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “folgueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “folgueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “folgueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


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