rixa

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rik-s-eh₂, whence also Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrik.sa/, [ˈrɪk.sa]

Noun

rixa f (genitive rixae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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

Descendants

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
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “rixa”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 438

Maltese
Rixa

Etymology

From Arabic رِيشَة‎ (rīša)/رِيش‎ (rīš).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈriːʃɐ/

Noun

rixa f (plural rixiet)

  1. feather
  • rix (collective plural)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rixa.

Noun

rixa f (plural rixas)

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

Synonyms

Verb

rixa

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rixar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rixar
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