Noun: raíz
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | raíz |
| Plural f | raíces |
Sample Sentences
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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) [c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 103:]
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A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar (Green gorse stump is so hard to unroot; first love is so hard to forget)
Nouns inflected like raíz
belaluz,
avestruz,
uz,
nenez,
peniz,
foz,
luz,
noz,
paz,
vez,
voz,
brillantez,
embriaguez,
cicatriz,
actriz,
rixidez,
perdiz,
vellez,
timidez,
cruz, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādix, rādīcem. Cognate with Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
raiz', Old Portuguese Nouns '
raiz', Latin Nouns '
radix', Portuguese Nouns '
raiz', Spanish Nouns '
raíz'.
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