rixa

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Galician

Adjective

rixa

  1. feminine singular of rixo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁riḱ-s-eh₂, whence also Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rixa f (genitive rixae); first declension

  1. quarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contention
    Synonyms: certatus, lis, duellum, certamen, iūrgium
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.15.18:
      Vir īrācundus prōvocat rixās: quī patiēns est mītigat suscitātās
      A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rixa rixae
Genitive rixae rixārum
Dative rixae rixīs
Accusative rixam rixās
Ablative rixā rixīs
Vocative rixa rixae

Related terms

Descendants

  • French: rixe
  • Italian: ressa, rissa
  • Portuguese: reixa, rixa
  • Spanish: rija

References

  • “rixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rixa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “rixa”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 438

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رِيشَة (rīša).

Pronunciation

Noun

rixa f (singulative, paucal rixiet)

  1. singulative of rix: a feather

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧xa

Etymology 1

From Latin rixa, probably a borrowing.

Alternative forms

Noun

rixa f (plural rixas)

  1. feud (a state of long-standing mutual hostility)
  2. brawl; fight; quarrel
    Synonyms: confronto, briga, luta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rixa

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