fibela

Galician

Alternative forms

• cibela, acibela

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fivela, from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of fībula. Cognate with Portuguese fivela and Spanish hebilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈβɛla̝/

Noun

fibela f (plural fibelas)

1. buckle, clasp

   Synonym: fíbula

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

     Et ẽna çinta que el tragia a rredor avia oyto palmos sen aquela que se depondoraua de la fiuela a fondo.

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2. clasp or buckle at the extreme of a rope

   Synonym: targa

3. bowknot

   Synonym: lazada

Related terms

• fíbula

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiuela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fibela”, 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), “fibela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fibela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN