Noun: folia
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | folia |
| Plural f | folias |
Sample Sentences
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Quen leixar ſ(ant)a m(aria) por outra fara folia. (He who leaves Holy Mary for another (woman) acts foolishly.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 132 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/To/bob070small.gif] facsimile])]
Nouns inflected like folia
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French folie. By surface analysis, fol (“foolish”) + -ia.
Verbs referencing "folia"
Portuguese Nouns
folia, Galician Nouns
folía.
Translations