ribeira

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Galician

A Ribeira Sacra

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Portuguese ribeira, Spanish ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

Noun

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

  1. bank
    Synonym: riba
  2. shore
    Synonyms: beiramar, costa

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References

  • “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ribeira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ribeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ribeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Spanish ribera, French rivière.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

ribeira f (plural ribeiras)

  1. bank (of a river)
  2. watering, irrigation
  3. stream, rivulet
  4. (Brazil) stock breeding area

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