reixa
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin regia, from Latin porta regia ("royal gate"), with later influence from Arabic رِيشَة (rīša, “batten”).[1] Alternative etymologies suggest Vulgar Latin *regla, from regula, although Catalan rella is the proper descendant of this word.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
reixa f (plural reixes)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “reixa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “reixa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Possibly ultimately from Latin regula, through Vulgar Latin *regla. Compare Portuguese relha, Spanish reja; cf. also Catalan reixa.
Noun edit
reixa f (plural reixas)
Further reading edit
- “reixa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ligurian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin radix. Compare Venetian raixa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
reixa
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: rei‧xa
Noun edit
reixa f (plural reixas)
- Alternative form of rixa