rica
rica f sg
rica
From Manado Malay rica (“chili pepper”) and North Moluccan Malay rica, from Ternate rica, itself from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Doublet of merica.
rica (plural rica-rica, first-person possessive ricaku, second-person possessive ricamu, third-person possessive ricanya)
From Proto-Italic *wreikā, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with English wry, German reihen (“to crimp”) and Ancient Greek ῥοικός (rhoikós, “bent, curved”).
rīca f (genitive rīcae); first declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rīca | rīcae |
Genitive | rīcae | rīcārum |
Dative | rīcae | rīcīs |
Accusative | rīcam | rīcās |
Ablative | rīcā | rīcīs |
Vocative | rīca | rīcae |
From North Moluccan Malay rica (“chili pepper”), from Ternate rica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica).
rica
rica f (plural rriche)
rica
rica f (plural ricas)
rica
Likely from an older, unattested form *marica, from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). The initial ma was likely reinterpreted as the possessive.
rica
From Ottoman Turkish رجا (rica), from Arabic رَجَاء (rajāʔ).
rica (definite accusative ricayı, plural ricalar)
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | rica | |
Definite accusative | ricayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | rica | ricalar |
Definite accusative | ricayı | ricaları |
Dative | ricaya | ricalara |
Locative | ricada | ricalarda |
Ablative | ricadan | ricalardan |
Genitive | ricanın | ricaların |
rica f sg