maceira

Galician

Alternative forms

• maciñeira (North)
• mazaira (East)

Etymology

mazá +‎ -eira, from Old Galician-Portuguese maçẽeyra, from Medieval Latin mazanaria. Compare Portuguese macieira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈθejɾa̝/, (western) /maˈsejɾa̝/

Noun

maceira f (plural maceiras)

1. apple tree

Related terms

• Maceira
• Maciñeira
• mazá
• Mazaira

References

• “maçeeyra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maçeeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maceira”, 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), “maceira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maceira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maciñeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN