ceifa
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”). Cognate with Galician ceifa and Maltese sajf.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɐj.fɐ/, /ˈsej.fɐ/
- Hyphenation: cei‧fa
Noun
ceifa f (plural ceifas)
- harvesting
- (figuratively) devastation, mortality
Synonyms
- (harvesting): colheita, safra, segada
- (devastation): destruição
Derived terms
- ceifar
- ceifeiro
See also
- verão
Verb
ceifa
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ceifar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ceifar