seita

Borrowed from Sami, compare Northern Sami sieidi, from Proto-Samic *siejtē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯tɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -eitɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sei‧ta

seita

1. sieidi (a Sami sacred place)

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese seita, from Latin secta (“sect”), probably from sectus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“I cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), or alternatively from sequor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsejta̝/

seita f (plural seitas)

1. (religion) sect (an offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) religious beliefs)

   Synonym: culto

• sectario
• sectarismo

From Latin secta (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“I cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsejta̝/

seita f (plural seitas)

1. share (of the plough)
2. furrow
3. row of mown grass left back by a reaper

• seitura
• seitureiro

• “seita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “seita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “seita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “seita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “seita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• seyta (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese seita, from Latin secta (“sect”), probably from sectus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), or alternatively from sequor.

• Hyphenation: sei‧ta

seita f (plural seitas)

1. (religion) sect (religious movement)

   Synonyms: culto, facção

• sectário
• sectarismo
• seitoso
• seitouro