reliquia

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

reliquia f (plural reliquie)

1. relic (religious)
2. reliquary

From reliquus (“abandoned”), itself from older *relikuwos. Related to relinquō (“I relinquish”). Probably derived from rēliquiae, reinterpreted as a singular noun.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reːˈli.kʷi.a/, [reːˈlɪ.kᶣi.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈli.kwi.a/, [reˈliː.kwi.a]

rēliquia f (genitive rēliquiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) remain, relic
2. (Late Latin) remnant

First declension.

• English: relic
• French: relique
• Old Irish: reilic
  • Irish: reilig
  • Manx: rhuillick
  • Scottish Gaelic: réilig
• Italian: reliquia
• Portuguese: relíquia
• Spanish: reliquia

• IPA^(key): /reˈlikja/

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

reliquia f (plural reliquias)

1. relic
2. vestige

• relicario

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