raíz

See also: raiz

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈiθ/, [raˈiθ]

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

1. root (part of a plant)

Galician

Alternative forms

• reíz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādix, rādīcem. Cognate with Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈiθ/, (western) /raˈis/

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

1. 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

2. 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

3. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
4. (linguistics) root
5. (computing) root
6. (figurative) origin

Derived terms

• ben raíz (“real state”)
• enraizar (“to root”)

Related terms

• arraigada
• arraigar
• derraigar
• erradicar
• radical
• raigada
• raigame
• raigaña
• raigañeiro
• raigaño
• raigoto
• Reigaña
• Reigosa
• Reigosela
• Reigoso

References

• “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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /raˈis/ [raˈis]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

1. root; root vegetable
2. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
3. (linguistics) root
4. (computing) root
5. (figurative) origin

   Synonym: origen

Derived terms

• a raíz de
• bien raíz
• cerveza de raíz
• cortar de raíz
• echar raíces
• raicilla
• raíz cuadrada
• raíz de oso

 

Related terms

• arraigar
• arraigo
• radical
• radicar
• raigal

 

Further reading

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