teima

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtejma/ [ˈt̪ej.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejma
• Hyphenation: tei‧ma

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence

   Synonyms: obstinación, persistencia

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

   Synonym: antollo

teima

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

• 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

• Hyphenation: tei‧ma

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

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence
2. whim

• teimar
• teimoso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teima

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