riga

See also: Riga, Rîga, Rīga, and Rīgā

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(e)reik- (-kh-) (“to scratch, cut”). Akin to Old High German rīga (“line”) (German Reihe "row, series"), Old Norse rēga "string" (Norwegian reig "row, line"), Middle Dutch rīe "line, row", Old English rǣw "line, row". More at row.

Noun

riga f (plural righe)

  1. line
  2. stripe
  3. parting (of hair)
  4. ruler (measuring device)

Verb

riga

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rigare
  2. second-person singular imperative of rigare

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

rigā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of rigō

Old High German

Noun

rīga f

  1. line

Descendants

  • Middle High German: rīhe

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr͈ʲiɣa/

Verb

·riga

  1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·riga
also ·rriga		 ·riga
pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ 		·riga
also ·rriga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian, from Italian rucola,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rîːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ga

Noun

rȋga f (Cyrillic spelling ри̑га)

  1. (Croatia) commercial name for arugula, rocket (Eruca sativa, a grassy plant used for salad)

Synonyms

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