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): [ˈrɪk.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrik.sa]

Noun

rixa f (genitive rixae); first declension

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

   Synonyms: certatus, lis, duellum, certamen, iūrgium

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	rixa	rixae
genitive	rixae	rixārum
dative	rixae	rixīs
accusative	rixam	rixās
ablative	rixā	rixīs
vocative	rixa	rixae

Derived terms

• rixor
• rixōsus

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

Etymology tree

Arabic رِيش (rīš)

Proto-Afroasiatic *-t

Proto-Semitic *-at-

Arabic ـَة (-a)

Arabic رِيشَة (rīša)

Maltese rixa

Inherited from Arabic رِيشَة (rīša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ʃa/
• Rhymes: -iːʃa

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

Further reading

• “rixa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026