eira

Alternative forms

• aira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈejɾa̝/

Etymology

From Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

References

• “eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “eira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “eira” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “eira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

eira

1. wild cat

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese eira (“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

Etymology 2

From Guaraní eira.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrɣ (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h), from Proto-Celtic *argyos (“white”), from the same stem as *argantom (“silver”) (compare Old Irish argat (“silver”), Welsh arian (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ra/

Noun

eira m (uncountable)

1. snow

Mutation