/ˈsilba/, [ˈs̺il.β̞ɐ]
OrixeFrom Old Galician-Portuguese silva, from Latin silva (“forest”).
- femininebramble, blackberry bush
“vijã grande[s] lumes de candeas arder de noyte et de dia en huũ monte muy espeso de muytas aruores et siluas, a oyto mjlias de Yria” — they saw large candle fires, burning day and night, in a very close forest, of trees and bambles, eight milles from Iria
“Tente, silva; non me prendas, que n'estou n'a miña tèrra (traditional song)” — Hold yourself, bramble, don't catch me, 'cos I'm not in my country
- archaic, feminineforest
- femininewhite stripe on a horse head
Formassilvas(plural)