eixe

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipse. Compare Spanish ese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈej.ʃe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Determiner

eixe (feminine eixa, masculine and feminine plural eixos)

1. (Valencia) this, that

Pronoun

eixe (feminine eixa, masculine and feminine plural eixos)

1. (Valencia) this (one), (in the plural) these (ones)

Related terms

• aqueix

See also

Catalan demonstratives

		determiner	pronoun	locative
1st	near	aquest, este1	açò2, ço1	ací1
2nd	neutral	aqueix1, eixe1	això	aquí, ahí2
3rd	remote	aquell	allò	allà, allí

¹ Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
² Valencian

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin axis (“axletree”) (with change of declension), from Proto-Italic *aksis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Portuguese eixo and Spanish eje.

Alternative forms

• eixo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈejʃe/ [ˈej.ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejʃe
• Hyphenation: ei‧xe

Noun

eixe m (plural eixes)

1. axle, axletree
2. axis

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “eixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “eixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eixe”, 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), “eixe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eixe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

eixe

1. inflection of eixar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of eixir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative