parideira

From Old Galician-Portuguese parideyra (first attested in 1342). By surface analysis, parir (“to give birth”) +‎ -deira.

• IPA^(key): /paɾiˈdejɾa/ [pa.ɾiˈð̞ej.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧dei‧ra

parideira (feminine-only, feminine plural parideiras)

1. fertile

   Synonym: fértil

parideira f (plural parideiras)

1. a female who is about to give birth
2. a fertile female (in reproductive age)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “parideyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parideira”, 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), “parideira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parideiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From parir (“to give birth”) +‎ -deira.

• Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧dei‧ra

parideira f (plural parideiras)

1. a female who is giving birth
2. a female in reproductive age