teima

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1671. Perhaps from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); the diphthong would be an irregular development, maybe due to the influx of other learned words.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtejmɐ]

Noun

teima f (plural teimas)

obstinacy, persistence
mania, obsession; idée fixe
- 1723, Anselmo Feixó e Montenegro, E vós non vedes a teima?:
  E Vos non vedes à teima
  En que deu à mia gente,
  Que ey de glossar de repente
  Sin ter geño nin freima:
  Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,
  Don't you see the mania
  my people have caught
  that I'm going to gloss at the moment
  having no temper or phlegm?
  They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,
Synonyms: cisma, lideira
spite
Synonym: rancor
whim

Derived terms

teimado (“obstinate”)
teimar (“to persist”)
teimón (“obstinate”)
teimoso (“obstinate”)
teimudo (“obstinate”)

Verb

teima

third-person singular present indicative of teimar
second-person singular imperative of teimar

References

“teima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“teima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“teima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “taimado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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