espadeleiro

Galician

Tools for working the flax.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician espadela

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Galician -eiro

Galician espadeleiro

From espadela (“scutch”) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espaðeˈlejɾo̝/

Noun

espadeleiro m (plural espadeleiros)

1. flax scutching board

   Synonyms: fitoira, tascón

Related terms

• espadela

References

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