alxibeira

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic جَيْب (jayb) +‎ -eira. Compare Portuguese algibeira, Spanish linjavera, Catalan angevera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈʃiβejɾɐ]

Noun

alxibeira m (plural alxibeiras)

1. pocket

   Synonym: peto

   • 1968, Xosé Farina Jamardo, Co sorriso nos beizos, Vigo: Galaxia, page 9:

     O médico, que cando hai liorta e feridos dá parte da gravedade da mancadura, asegún sexa a alxibeira do perxudicado?

     And what about the doctor, that when there is a brawl and wounded one reports the gravity of the injury depending on the pocket of the injured?

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alxibeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alxibeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alxibeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN