nébeda

See also: nebēdā and nebēda

Galician

Alternative forms

• néboda

Etymology

From Latin nepeta (“catnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛβe̝ða̝/

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

1. lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
   • 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:

     aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas

     they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, lesser calamint and salt

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nébeda”, 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), “nébeda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nébeda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnebeda/ [ˈne.β̞e.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ebeda
• Syllabification: né‧be‧da

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

1. catnip

   Synonym: menta de gato

References

• Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “nébeda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

• “nébeda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024