beiral

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1358. From beira (“rim, border”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bejˈɾal]

Noun

beiral m (plural beirais)

1. eaves
   • 1358, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 433:

     Et damos a vos a dita quarta parte das ditas casas con todos seus sotoos, sobrados, apanaeiras?, portaes et entradas, seydas et agoas veiraes et con todas outras suas perteenças et dreyturas,

     We give to you this fourth of said houses with all of their ground and upper floors, walls, porches and entryways, exits and waters, eaves and with all of their other belongings and rights

   Synonyms: beirado, beiril

2. boundary of a property

Related terms

• beira

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “veiraes”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beiral”, 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), “beiral”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be(j)ˈɾaw/ [be(ɪ̯)ˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐjˈɾal/ [bɐjˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐjˈɾal/ [bɐjˈɾaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈɾal/ [bejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈɾal/ [bejˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /beˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: bei‧ral

Noun

beiral m (plural beirais)

1. (architecture) eaves (underside of a roof)

   Synonym: beirado

Further reading

• “beiral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “beiral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025