Noun: esteira
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | esteira |
| Plural f | esteiras |
Sample Sentences
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Et hũu ome bõo pobre doeusse muyto do corpo del rrey et tomoo en sogas et poseo en hũu leyto et cobrio de hũa esteyra uella et leuoo fora da vila et soterroo (And a poor good man took pity of the king's body and took it with ropes and put it in a coffin and covered it with an old mat and took it outside the town and buried it) [1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 504:]
Nouns inflected like esteira
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese esteira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Latin storea. Cognate with Portuguese esteira, Spanish estera, French store. See: Latin Nouns '
storea', Portuguese Nouns '
esteira', Spanish Nouns '
estera', French Nouns '
store'.
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