cahíz
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē), Catalan cahís, and Galician and Portuguese cacifo.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈiθ/ [kaˈiθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaˈis/ [kaˈis]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: ca‧híz
Noun[edit]
cahíz m (plural cahíces)
- (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 liters)
- (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄576 cahíz), medio (1⁄288 cahíz), celemín (1⁄144 cahíz), cuartilla (1⁄48 cahíz), cuarto (1⁄24 cahíz), fanega (1⁄12 cahíz), saco (1⁄6 cahíz), carga (1⁄3 cahíz)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cahíz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Aramaic
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Syriac
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iθ
- Rhymes:Spanish/iθ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/is
- Rhymes:Spanish/is/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
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- es:Units of measure