faia

From Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Portuguese faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaja̝/

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

• Faeira
• Faia
• faiado
• faiar
• faio

• “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “faia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “faia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

faia

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

Inherited from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”).

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

• Galician: faia
• Portuguese: faia

• Universo Cantigas - "faia"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Galician faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

• Hyphenation: fai‧a

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
2. faya (tree of species Myrica faya)

   Synonyms: faia-das-ilhas, faia-da-terra, samouco

• faial

faia

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