cahíz

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē), Catalan cahís, and Galician and Portuguese cacifo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈiθ/ [kaˈiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈis/ [kaˈis]
• Rhymes: -iθ
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ca‧híz

Noun

cahíz m (plural cahíces)

1. (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 liters)
2. (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (¹⁄₅₇₆ cahíz), medio (¹⁄₂₈₈ cahíz), celemín (¹⁄₁₄₄ cahíz), cuartilla (¹⁄₄₈ cahíz), cuarto (¹⁄₂₄ cahíz), fanega (¹⁄₁₂ cahíz), saco (¹⁄₆ cahíz), carga (¹⁄₃ cahíz)

Derived terms

• cahizada

 

Further reading

• “cahíz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014