xesta

Galician

xesta

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gẽesta, from Latin genesta (“broom”). Cognate with Portuguese gesta and Spanish hiniesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛsta̝/

Noun

xesta f (plural xestas)

1. broom (Cytisus scoparius)
   • 1408, José Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 318:

     que façades a dicta metade da dicta casa de pedra e de madeyra e de giestas e de colmo

     you should build that half house with stone and wood and brooms and thatch

2. broom (tool)

Derived terms

• Xesta
• Xesteda
• xesteira
• Xesteira
• xestal
• Xestal
• Xestido
• Xesto
• Xestosa
• xestoso
• Xestoso

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “giest”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “geest”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “xesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xesta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xesta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.