teima

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1671. Perhaps from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); the diphthong would be an irregular development, maybe due to the influx of other learned words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtejmɐ]

Noun

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence
2. mania, obsession; idée fixe

   Synonyms: cisma, lideira

   • 1723, Anselmo Feixó e Montenegro, E vós non vedes a teima?:

     E Vos non vedes à teima
     En que deu à mia gente,
     Que ey de glossar de repente
     Sin ter geño nin freima:
     Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,

     Don't you see the mania
     my people have caught
     that I'm going to gloss at the moment
     having no temper or phlegm?
     They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,

3. spite

   Synonym: rancor

4. whim

Derived terms

• teimado (“obstinate”)
• teimar (“to persist”)
• teimón (“obstinate”)
• teimoso (“obstinate”)
• teimudo (“obstinate”)

Verb

teima

1. inflection of teimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teima”, 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), “teima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teima”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.mɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.mɐ/ [ˈteɪ̯.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.ma/ [ˈteɪ̯.ma]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐj.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐj.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.mɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtej.mɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: tei‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of tema.

Noun

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence
2. whim

Derived terms

• teimar
• teimoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teima

1. inflection of teimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative