eira

See also: -eira and Eira

Galician

Eira da Ermida: a group of garners built by an old threshing floor

Alternative forms

aira

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈejɾa̝/

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

Derived terms

Aira
Aira Vella
Airado
Airas
Airavedra
Airavella
Airoa
Eira Pedriña
Eira Vella
eirada
eirado
Eirado
Eiravedra
eiroa
Eiró
Eiroa
Eiroá

References

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

Guaraní

Noun

eira

wild cat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ɾa/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: ei‧ra

Etymology 1

eira

From Old Portuguese eira (“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

threshing floor
Synonym: malhadouro

Derived terms

sem eira nem beira
querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal

Related terms

área, eirado

Etymology 2

eira (Eira barbara)

Borrowed from Guaraní eira.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

(Brazil) tayra (Eira barbara)
Synonyms: irara, papa-mel

Welsh

Alternative forms

(obsolete) eiry

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrɣ (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ra/
Rhymes: -ei̯ra

Noun

eira m (plural eiraoedd) (usually uncountable)

snow
Synonym: ôd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eira	unchanged	unchanged	heira
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.