# seiva
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsej.βɐ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin saliva. Displaced by saíva and the borrowed saliva, probably because of seiva (“sap”). For another possibly inherited example, see Italian scialiva.

#### Alternative forms

* saíva

#### Noun

seiva f (plural seivas)
* (dated) saliva
    Synonyms: cuspe, saliva
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143: o que mays forte he de todos estos he o poo do rrosalgar amasado con seiua d'omethe strongest of them all is realgar power mixed with human saliva

##### Derived terms

* seivar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sève and probably influenced by its homophone.

#### Noun

seiva f (plural seivas)
* sap

##### Descendants

* → Spanish: savia (or from Portuguese)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

seiva
* inflection of seivar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

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

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English save.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseiːva/
    Rhymes: -eiːva

### Verb

seiva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seivaði, supine seivað)
* (computing, informal) to save
    Synonym: vista

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsej.vɐ/ [ˈseɪ̯.vɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsej.vɐ/ [ˈseɪ̯.vɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsej.va/ [ˈseɪ̯.va]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsej.bɐ/ [ˈsej.βɐ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈsej.vɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈse.vɐ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin salīva.

#### Alternative forms

* saíva (dated)

#### Noun

seiva f (plural seivas)
* (Northern Portugal) saliva

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French sève and perhaps influenced by its homophone.

#### Noun

seiva f (plural seivas)
* sap (circulating fluid of plants)

##### Derived terms

* seiva ascendente
* seiva bruta
* seiva descendente
* seiva elaborada
* seiva mineral
* seiva orgânica

##### Descendants

* → Spanish: savia (or from Galician)

### Further reading

* “seiva”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “seiva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “seiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “seiva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “seiva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “seiva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025