vedija

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula (“tendril of a plant”), from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula. First attested in 1438.

• IPA^(key): /beˈdixa/ [beˈð̞i.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: ve‧di‧ja

vedija f (plural vedijas)

1. tuft of wool
2. tangle of hair or fur

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “vid”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 804

• “vedija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024