sorbeira

Galician

Sorbeira / service tree

Sorbeira / gooseberry

Etymology

sorba +‎ -eira, from Latin sorbus. Cognate with Portuguese sorveira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈβejɾa̝/

Noun

sorbeira f (plural sorbeiras)

1. sorb; service tree (Sorbus domestica)
2. wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis)
3. rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

   Synonyms: capudre, cancereixo

4. gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

   Synonym: groselleira

Related terms

• Solbeira
• Solveira
• sorba

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sorueyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sorbeira”, 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), “sorbeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sorbeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN