silva

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silva. Doublet of selva.

Noun

silva (uncountable)

1. (forestry) The forest trees of a particular area
   • 1909, Willis Linn Jepson, The Trees of California, page 13:

     The most interesting and striking features of the silva of California relate to its composition, the geographical distribution of the species and their biological history.

Anagrams

• Alvis, Salvi, Slavi, Sliva, Vials, Vilas, vails, valis, vials, vilas

Etymology

From Old Galician/Old Portuguese silva, from Latin silva (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilβa̝/

Noun

silva f (plural silvas)

1. bramble, blackberry bush
   • 1460, José Antonio Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Íria. Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 101:

     vijã grande[s] lumes de candeas arder de noyte et de dia en huũ monte muy espeso de muytas aruores et siluas, a oyto mjlias de Yria

     they saw large candle fires, burning day and night, in a very close forest, of trees and bambles, eight milles from Iria

   • 1884, Marcial Valladares Núñez, Diccionario gallego-castellano, s.v. silva:

     Tente, silva; non me prendas, que n'estou n'a miña tèrra (traditional song)

     Hold yourself, bramble, don't catch me, 'cos I'm not in my country

2. (archaic) forest

References

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

Alternative forms

• sylva

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber”) and Old English syl (“sill, threshold, foundation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.wa/, [ˈsɪɫ.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.va/

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Noun

silva f (genitive silvae); first declension

1. wood, forest
2. orchard, grove

References

• silva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• silva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• silva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• silva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • wooded hills: montes vestiti silvis
    

Etymology

From Old Portuguese silva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“mountain, ridge, forest”). Compare the doublet selva.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫ.vɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.va/, /ˈsiw.vɐ/
• Homophone: Silva
• Hyphenation: sil‧va

Noun

silva f (plural silvas)

1. bramble

Noun

silva f

1. definite singular nominative form of silvă