raíña
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinha, rainha, from Latin rēgīna. Compare Portuguese rainha.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
raíña f (plural raíñas)
Related terms edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text) | |||||
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rei | dama, raíña | torre, roque | alfil | cabalo | peón |
Etymology 2 edit
From raia (“line”), ultimately from Latin radius (“ray of light; rod”).
Alternative forms edit
- rainha (Reintegrationist)
Noun edit
raíña f (plural raíñas)
References edit
- “rayna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rayna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “raíña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.