igrexa

Galician

Igrexa (Romanesque church of Saint Peter, Dozón)

Saint Martin's church, Noia

Alternative forms

• igreja (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Compare Portuguese igreja, and Spanish iglesia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾeʃa/ [iˈɣ̞ɾe.ʃɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /iˈɡɾeʃa/ [iˈɣ̞ɾe.ʃɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /iˈħɾeʃa/ [iˈħɾe.ʃɐ]

• Rhymes: -eʃa
• Hyphenation: i‧gre‧xa

Noun

igrexa f (plural igrexas)

1. (Christianity) church (building or organization)

   O bautizo celebrarase na igrexa de santa Lucía.

   The baptism will be celebrated in the church of St. Lucia.

Derived terms

• Airexa
• Airexe
• A Grixa
• Eirexa
• Eirexalba
• Eirexafeita
• Eirexe
• Eirexúa
• Eirixe
• Eirixe Nova
• Grixalba
• Grixanova
• Grixó
• Grixoa
• Igrexa
• igrexario (“real estate of a church”)
• Irexa
• Irexe
• Irixoa
• Satrexas
• Suairexa
• Sueirexa
• Traseirexa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “igreja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “igrexa”, 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), “igrexa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “igrexa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024