rixa

Galician

Adjective

rixa

1. feminine singular of rixo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁riḱ-s-eh₂, whence also Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrik.sa/, [ˈrɪks̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrik.sa/, [ˈriksä]

Noun

rixa f (genitive rixae); first declension

1. quarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contention

   Synonyms: certatus, lis, duellum, certamen, iūrgium

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.15.18:

     Vir īrācundus prōvocat rixās: quī patiēns est mītigat suscitātās

     A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rixa	rixae
Genitive	rixae	rixārum
Dative	rixae	rixīs
Accusative	rixam	rixās
Ablative	rixā	rixīs
Vocative	rixa	rixae

Related terms

• rixor

Descendants

• French: rixe
• Italian: ressa, rissa
• Portuguese: reixa, rixa
• Spanish: rija

References

• “rixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rixa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رِيشَة (rīša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ʃa/

Noun

rixa f (singulative, paucal rixiet)

1. singulative of rix: a feather

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʃɐ/ [ˈhi.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʃɐ/ [ˈhi.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʃɐ/ [ˈχi.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʃa/ [ˈhi.ʃa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: ri‧xa

Etymology 1

From Latin rixa, probably a borrowing.

Alternative forms

• reixa

Noun

rixa f (plural rixas)

1. feud (a state of long-standing mutual hostility)
2. brawl; fight; quarrel

   Synonyms: confronto, briga, luta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rixa

1. inflection of rixar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative