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ceifa

Pronunciation: /ˈsej.fɐ/

“ceifa” is a Portuguese word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. harvesting
  2. harvest season
  3. devastation, mortality

In Portuguese

  1. ação ou efeito de ceifar
  2. tempo de ceifar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”). Cognate with Galician ceifa (“harvesting”).

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