rixa

1. femininesingular ofrixo

FromProto-Indo-European*h₁riḱ-s-eh₂, whence alsoAncient Greekἐρείκω(ereíkō,“to rend, bruise, pound”).^[1]

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

rixa f (genitiverixae);first declension

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

   Synonyms:certatus,lis,duellum,certamen,iūrgium

   • 405CE,Jerome,Vulgate Proverbs.15.18:

     Vir īrācundus prōvocatrixās: quī patiēns est mītigat suscitātās

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

First-declension noun.

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

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

FromArabicرِيشَة(rīša).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ʃa/
• Rhymes:-iːʃa

rixa f (singulative,paucalrixiet)

1. singulative ofrix: afeather

• Hyphenation:ri‧xa

FromLatinrixa, probably a borrowing.

• reixa

rixa f (pluralrixas)

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

   Synonyms:confronto,briga,luta

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

rixa

1. inflection ofrixar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

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

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• Rhymes:Maltese/iːʃa
• Rhymes:Maltese/iːʃa/2 syllables
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