rice
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óryza), ὄρυζον (óryzon). This is usually held to be a borrowing from Old Iranian (cf. Old Persian brizi, Pashto wrižē, Kurdish birinc), in turn probably borrowed from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhí). The Sanskrit term is either a loan from Dravidian – compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”) – or, according to Witzel, borrowed from an unknown South Asian, possibly Austroasiatic, source, with the Dravidian word being an independent borrowing of another variant.[1] Old Tamil அரிசி (arici), from earlier *ariki, is not the source of the Greek word, however, according to Krishnamurti (2003) apud Witzel (2009).[2] In contrast, Witzel (1999) had maintained, following Southworth (1979), that the Greek term goes back to Old Tamil arici – itself from an older form *ariki, an early (ca. 1500 BC) borrowing from Munda according to Southworth (1988).[3]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
rice (plural rices)
- (uncountable) Cereal plants (Oryza sativa) of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- A specific variety of this plant.
- (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
Translations [edit]
plants
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seeds used as food
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- Hausa: àlbárkà kumbe
- Sinhalese: බත් (bat)
- Volapük: risat
Verb [edit]
rice (third-person singular simple present rices, present participle ricing, simple past and past participle riced)
- to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces
- to throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- to belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state
- to harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.
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References [edit]
- ^ Witzel 1999, p. 27
- ^ Witzel 2009, p. 25
- ^ Witzel 1999, p. 26
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”), *rīkiją (“authority”), from Proto-Celtic *rīgiom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”). Cognates include Old Saxon rīki, Dutch rijk, Old High German rīhhi (German Reich, reich), Old Norse ríki n, ríkr a (Swedish rike n, rik a), Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 n, 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 a. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rex.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈriːtʃe/
Noun [edit]
rīċe n
Declension [edit]
Declension of rice (strong ja-stem)
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Adjective [edit]
rīċe
Descendants [edit]
Old French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rice m and f
- (Picardy) Alternative form of riche.
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
rice (infinitive rizar)
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