eiva

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from an earlier *aleiva, cognate with Spanish aleve (“flaw”), from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb, “disgraceful action”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

disability of a limb
crack
Synonyms: fenda, rachadura
(figuratively) flaw, defect

Derived terms

eivar

References

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

Corriente, Federico (2008) “aleive”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Verb

eiva

inflection of eivar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from Latin labes (“fault, defect, collapse”).[1]

Pronunciation 1

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.vɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.vɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.va/ [ˈeɪ̯.va]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.bɐ/ [ˈej.βɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.vɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vɐ/

Hyphenation: ei‧va

Pronunciation 2

Hyphenation: ei‧va

Noun

eiva f (plural eivas)

crack
Synonym: rachadura
(figuratively) flaw

Derived terms

eivar

References

“eiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Verb

eiva

inflection of eivar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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