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Galician
Etymology
With the first meaning, attested since 1807. From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
parva
- feminine singular of parvo
Noun
parva f (plural parvas)
- small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or augardente
1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:é estou en que na quel dia / vos laparon todo aquelo / que non poideron vender / como quen vos toma a parva- I have the idea that that day they slurped everything that couldn't sell, as if having a snack
- (regional) breakfast
- grain prepared for threshing
Related terms
References
Latin
Adjective
parva
- inflection of parvus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
parvā
- ablative feminine singular of parvus
References
Spanish
Noun
parva f (plural parvas)
- unthreshed grain
- pile, heap
Adjective
parva f
- feminine singular of parvo
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