folgueira

Galician
Felgos, folgueiras, fentos, fieitos ("ferns")

Alternative forms
  • felgueira, filgueira

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese felgueyra, from Vulgar Latin *filicaria, from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Portuguese felgueira, Spanish felguera Catalan falguera, French fougère.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /folˈɣejɾa̝/

Noun

folgueira m (plural folgueiras)

  1. fern
    Synonyms: felga, felgo, fento, fieito
  2. place with ferns

Derived terms
  • felga
  • Felga
  • Felgar
  • felgo
  • Felgosa
  • Felgueira
  • Filgueira
  • Filgueiras
  • Folgar
  • Folgosa
  • Folgoso
  • Folgueira
  • Folgueiras
  • Folgueirosa
  • Folgueirúa

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