faia

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaja/ [ˈfa̠.jɐ] Rhymes: -aja Hyphenation: fa‧ia === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Portuguese faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja. ==== Noun ==== faia f (plural faias) beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica) ===== Derived terms ===== Faeira Faia faiado faiar faio ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “faia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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), “faia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN ==== Further reading ==== “faia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “faia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== faia inflection of faiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). === Noun === faia f (plural faias) beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: faia Portuguese: faia === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "faia" == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Galician faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: fai‧a ==== Noun ==== faia f (plural faias) beech (tree of genus Fagus) faya (tree of species Myrica faya) Synonyms: faia-das-ilhas, faia-da-terra, samouco ===== Derived terms ===== faial === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== faia inflection of faiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “faia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “faia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026