rija

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian rī’, rī’j, or from Estonian rehi, both from Proto-Finnic *riihi.

Noun

rija f (4th declension)

1. threshing barn
2. kilnhouse
3. drying-house

Declension

Declension of rija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rija	rijas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	riju	rijas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rijas	riju
dative (datīvs)	rijai	rijām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	riju	rijām
locative (lokatīvs)	rijā	rijās
vocative (vokatīvs)	rija	rijas

Verb

rija

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of rīt

Portuguese

Adjective

rija

1. feminine singular of rijo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrixa/ [ˈri.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: ri‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rixa.

Noun

rija f (plural rijas)

1. quarrel

Related terms

• rijoso

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رِيشَة (rīša).

Noun

rija f (plural rijas)

1. fistula in the tear duct

Etymology 3

Verb

rija

1. inflection of regir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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