folgueira

Galician

Felgos, folgueiras, fentos, fieitos ("ferns")

Alternative forms

• felgueira, filgueira

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese felgueyra, from Vulgar Latin *filicaria, from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Portuguese felgueira, Asturian folguera, Spanish helguera Catalan falguera, French fougère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folˈɣejɾa̝/

Noun

folgueira m (plural folgueiras)

1. fern

   Synonyms: felga, felgo, fento, fieito

2. place with ferns

Derived terms

• felga
• Felga
• Felgar
• felgo
• Felgosa
• Felgueira
• Filgueira
• Filgueiras
• Folgar
• Folgosa
• Folgoso
• Folgueira
• Folgueiras
• Folgueirosa
• Folgueirúa

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “felgueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “felg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folgueira”, 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), “folgueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folgueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN