saia

See also: Saia and saía

Estonian

Noun

saia

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of sai

Galician

saias ("skirts")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaja̝/

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• Rhymes: -ajɐ, -aja
• Hyphenation: sa‧ia

Etymology 1

13th century, but well attested since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin documents as saia. From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, cognate of Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos); probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (Apian wrote that the word was considered proper of the Celts of Iberia) and ultimately from Celtic.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

1. long skirt (women's clothing)

   Synonym: faldra

2. (dated) robe

Related terms

• saio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

1. inflection of saír:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: sà‧ia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“cloak”).

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

1. twill

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”) (from a dialect in which q is pronounced as a glottal stop), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.

Noun

saia f (plural saie)

1. (regional) a ditch or trench, especially in Sicily

Anagrams

• Asia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.a/ [ˈsaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: sai‧a

Etymology 1

saia

From Old Galician-Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin *săgĭa, from Latin sagum, from Gaulish *sagos or from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos) (cloak); cognate with Galician saia and archaic Spanish saya.

Noun

saia f (plural saias)

1. a woman's skirt

Derived terms

• minissaia
• rabo de saia
• saia justa
• saiinha
• saiote
• sobressaia

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: saia
• → Bengali: শায়া (śaẏa), সায়া (śaẏa)
• → Kadiwéu: jaye
• → Tetum: saia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saia

1. inflection of sair:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “saia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “saia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024