raíz

See also: raiz

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix.

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

1. root (part of a plant)

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Galician

Alternative forms

• reíz

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese rayz, 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
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), 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
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

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reyz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raíz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix, from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /raˈis/ [raˈis]
• Rhymes: -iθ, -is
• Hyphenation: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

1. root

Derived terms

• cortar de raíz

Related terms

• arraigar
• arraigo
• radical
• radicar
• raicilla

See also

• rama
• tronco