raig

Catalan

Alternative forms

• rai (regional)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan raig~rag~ratx~ray, from Latin radius. Doublet of radi, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrat͡ʃ]

Noun

raig m (plural raigs or rajos)

1. ray, beam
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     abans que abrusadors raigs de sol caussesin molesta fatiga

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. spoke (of a wheel)
3. jet (of liquid)
4. squirt, stream

Derived terms

• raig alfa
• raig beta
• raig gamma
• raig làser
• raig X

 

Related terms

• radi
• rajar

References

• “raig” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “raig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• retg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• rètg (Surmiran)
• rai (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

raig m (plural raigs)

1. (Puter) king