faia

See also: faía

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaja/ [ˈfa̠.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: fa‧ia

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Portuguese faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Derived terms

• Faeira
• Faia
• faiado
• faiar
• faio

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “faia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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), “faia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “faia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “faia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

faia

1. inflection of faiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”).

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Descendants

• Galician: faia
• Portuguese: faia

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "faia"

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Galician faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ɐ/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ɐ/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.a/ [ˈfaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: fai‧a

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
2. faya (tree of species Myrica faya)

   Synonyms: faia-das-ilhas, faia-da-terra, samouco

Derived terms

• faial

Etymology 2

Verb

faia

1. inflection of faiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “faia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025