freima

Galician

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma). Doublet of flegma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɾejmɐ]

Noun

freima f (plural freimas)

1. (archaic) phlegm

   Synonym: flegma

   • 1723, Anselmo Feixó e Montenegro, E vós non vedes a teima?:

     E Vos non vedes à teima
     En que deu à mia gente,
     Que ey de glossar de repente
     Sin ter geño nin freima:
     Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,

     Don't you see the idée fixe
     my people have caught
     that I'm going to gloss at the moment
     having no genius or phlegm?
     They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,

Related terms

• flegma
• flegmón

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “freima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “freima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN