teima

Attested since 1671. Perhaps from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); the diphthong would be an irregular development, maybe due to the influx of other learned words.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtejmɐ]

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence
2. mania, obsession; idée fixe

   Synonyms: cisma, lideira

   • 1723, Anselmo Feixó e Montenegro, E vós non vedes a teima?:

     E Vos non vedes à teima
     En que deu à mia gente,
     Que ey de glossar de repente
     Sin ter geño nin freima:
     Vàn à Madril eu a Reyma,

     Don't you see the mania
     my people have caught
     that I'm going to gloss at the moment
     having no temper or phlegm?
     They are going to Madrid, I to the paper,

3. spite

   Synonym: rancor

4. whim

• teimado (“obstinate”)
• teimar (“to persist”)
• teimón (“obstinate”)
• teimoso (“obstinate”)
• teimudo (“obstinate”)

teima

1. inflection of teimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “teima” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “teima” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teima” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: tei‧ma

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of tema.

teima f (plural teimas)

1. obstinacy, persistence
2. whim

• teimar
• teimoso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teima

1. inflection of teimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative