beira

beira (plural beiras or beira)

1. A small antelope, Dorcatragus megalotis, found in the Horn of Africa

• Beria, Baier, Baire, Eibar, erbia, abier

Borrowed from Gascon béyre.

• IPA^(key): /bei̯ɾa/ [bei̯.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ei̯ɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: bei‧ra

beira inan

1. glass (material)

• “beira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “beira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Internationalism (see English beira)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯rɑ/, [ˈbe̞i̯rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eirɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bei‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): bei‧ra

beira

1. beira (small antilope)

Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese beira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from ribeira, from Latin riparia (with unexplained elision of first syllabe), or rather from Paleo-Hispanic.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbei̯ɾɐ]

beira f (plural beiras)

1. border, edge, brim, limit
2. rime, eave

   Synonyms: bordo, marxe

   • 1404, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 172:

     It. mando a Diego de Lemos meu primo a cota e bacerete [bacenete] de beyra et todas as outras armas de meu corpo

     Item, I send Diego de Lemos, my cousin, my armour and helm with visor [forepiece?] and all the other pieces of my body armour

3. shore

   Synonyms: beiramar, orela, ribeira

4. bank

   Synonym: ribeira

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “beira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beira”, 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), “beira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• Homophone: Beira
• Hyphenation: bei‧ra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese beira, from ribeira.

beira f (plural beiras)

1. edge, margin, border
   • 2010, Anthemo Roberto Feliciano, Histórias de Marias, Clube de Autores, page 53:

     Entre o que era e o que seria, o primeiro pensamento que ocorreu ao homem foi: alguém, amigo do alheio, ao encontrar o veículo parado na beira da estrada, sem dono e disponível, achou por bem aliviar o seu proprietário do seu fardo.

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

beira

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