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noun, feminine

aceifa

/aˈθeifa/

noun, feminine/aˈθeifa/plural: aceifas

summertime ghazwa (Moorish raids into Christian kingdoms of Northern Spain)

Inherited from Old Spanish açeifa, from Arabic صَائِفَة (ṣāʔifa, “an expedition in the summer”), derivative of صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”).