parva

== Asturian == === Etymology === With the first meaning, attested since 1843. From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaɾba/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞a] Rhymes: -aɾba Syllabification: par‧va === Noun === parva f (plural parves) small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or aguardiente. (by extension) breakfast pile of dry grass pile of manure (by extension) a big amount of something === Further reading === García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “parva”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “parva”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Etymology === With the first meaning, attested since 1807. From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaɾba/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞ɐ] Rhymes: -aɾba Hyphenation: par‧va === Adjective === parva feminine singular of parvo === Noun === parva f (plural parvas) small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or augardente (regional) breakfast grain prepared for threshing ==== Related terms ==== parvo === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parva”, 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), “parva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Latin == === Adjective === parva inflection of parvus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Adjective === parvā ablative feminine singular of parvus === References === "parva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Etymology === With the first meaning, attested since 1807. From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === parva f (plural parvas) (Beira, Northern Portugal) small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or aguardente (Beira) breakfast (Beira, Trás-os-Montes) grain prepared for threshing === References === Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “parva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “parva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaɾba/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞a] Rhymes: -aɾba Syllabification: par‧va === Noun === parva f (plural parvas) unthreshed grain pile, heap Synonyms: pila, montón, rimero, hacina === Adjective === parva f feminine singular of parvo === Further reading === “parvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025