# eira
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* aira

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈejɾa̝/

### Noun

eira f (plural eiras)
* threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)
* yard
** 1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 158:Inda a nai non pon o pé por adentro do portelo xa chegan os seus miniños «a min, a min berberecho» ; cisca uns poucos pola eira os rapaces van collé-los de gatiñas uns con outros levantandose e caendo. Dimpois tódo-los da casa arredor do fol ou cesto non se afartan de gandire os birbirichiños frescos; Mother hasn't even put her foot ahead the gate when her children come asking «to me, to me, cockle»; she scatters a few by the yard the kids try to catch them squatting, ones and others standing and falling. Later, everyone at the house, around the bag or basket, they don't get tired of devouring the fresh little cockles;

#### Derived terms

* Aira
* Aira Vella
* Airado
* Airas
* Airavedra
* Airavella
* Airoa
* Eira Pedriña
* Eira Vella
* eirada
* eirado
* Eirado
* Eiravedra
* Eiró
* Eiroa
* eiroa
* Eiroá

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “eira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “eira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eira”, 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), “eira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Guaraní
### Noun

eira
* wild cat

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈei̯.ɾa/

### Noun

eira f (plural eiras)
* threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

#### Descendants

* Galician: eira
* Portuguese: eira

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "eira"

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈe(j).ɾa/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈej.ɾɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈej.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈe.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
* Hyphenation: ei‧ra

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese eira (“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

#### Noun

eira f (plural eiras)
* threshing floor
    Synonym: malhadouro

##### Derived terms

* sem eira nem beira
* querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal

##### Related terms

* área, eirado

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Guaraní eira.

#### Noun

eira f (plural eiras)
* (Brazil) tayra (Eira barbara)
    Synonyms: irara, papa-mel

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* eiry (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrɣ (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈei̯ra/
* Rhymes: -ei̯ra

### Noun

eira m (plural eiraoedd) (usually uncountable)
* snow
    Synonyms: (literary) ôd, (obsolete) nyf
** Saying:
    Eira mân, eira mawr / Eira bras, eira bach.
       Fine snow, large snowfall / Thick snow, small snowfall.

#### Derived terms

* fel piso mochyn yn yr eira (“crooked”, literally “like pig's piss in the snow”)
* gefeil-lys yr eira (“snow pincerwort”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eira”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies