raíz
See also: raiz
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
raíz f (plural raíces)
- root (part of a plant)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādix, rādīcem. Cognate with Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
raíz f (plural raíces)
- root; root vegetable
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 103:
- mãtynãsse das froytas que achauã porlos mõtes et das rreyzes das eruas que podiam comer
- they feed on the fruits they found in the hills and on the plant roots they could eat
- stump
- A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar (folk song)
- Green gorse stump is so hard to unroot; first love is so hard to forget
- root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
- (linguistics) root
- (computing) root
- (figurative) origin
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “raíz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “reyz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “raíz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “raíz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “raíz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /raˈis/ [raˈis]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Peru): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: ra‧íz
Noun edit
raíz f (plural raíces)
- root; root vegetable
- root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
- (linguistics) root
- (computing) root
- (figurative) origin
- Synonym: origen
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “raíz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014