faia

See also: faía

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“beech”), from fāgus. Compare Portuguese faia, Spanish haya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaja̝/

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Derived terms

References
  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “faia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese faia, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“beech”), from fāgus.

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
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