Noun: eira
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | eira |
| Plural f | eiras |
Sample Sentences
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Inda a nai non pon o pé
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por adentro do portelo
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xa chegan os seus miniños
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«a min, a min berberecho» ;
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cisca uns poucos pola eira
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os rapaces van collé-los
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de gatiñas uns con outros
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levantandose e caendo.
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Dimpois tódo-los da casa
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arredor do fol ou cesto
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non se afartan de gandire
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os birbirichiños frescos; (Mother hasn't even
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put her foot ahead the gate
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when her children come asking
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«to me, to me, cockle»;
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she scatters a few by the yard
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the kids try to catch them
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squatting, ones and others
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standing and falling.
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Later, everyone at the house,
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around the bag or basket,
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they don't get tired of devouring
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the fresh little cockles;) [1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 158:]
Nouns inflected like eira
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
eira', Old Portuguese Nouns '
eira', Latin Nouns '
ārea', Portuguese Nouns '
eira', French Nouns '
aire', Italian Nouns '
aia'.
Verbs referencing "eira"
Portuguese Nouns
eira.
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