seara

See also: Seara, searã, and seară

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *sẽara. Attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century as senara,[1] from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *sē̆nā̆rā, probably a compound of Celtic origin.[2]

Cognate with Portuguese senra, seara and Spanish serna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈaɾa̝/

Noun

seara f (plural searas)

  1. communal terrain, usually left fallow, undivided and covered by bushes, which is eventually grazed and plowed for the temporal production of rye or wheat.
    Synonyms: cavada, estivada, roza
  2. cornfield
  3. (dated) day labor

Derived terms

References

  • “seara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “seara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “seara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “seara” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “seara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ↑ Cf. Lapesa, Rafael (2004), Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. serna.
  2. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. serna.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seara, from Iberian Vulgar Latin senara, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Cognate with Galician seara, senra, Mirandese senara, Asturian senra and Spanish serna.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsja.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: se‧a‧ra

Noun

seara f (plural searas)

  1. cornfield
  2. tilled land
  3. harvest

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse̯ara/

Adverb

seara

  1. in the evening

See also

Noun

seara

  1. definite singular nominative form of seară.
  2. definite singular accusative form of seară.
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