noitebra
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin *noctivola or noctivaga (“wandering in the night”). Cognate with Portuguese noitibó.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]noitebra f (plural noitebras)
- Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
- Synonyms: avenoiteira, denoiteira
- (by extension) any night bird
- darkness of the night
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “noitebra”, 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), “noitebra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “noitebra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN