ρίζα

See also: ριζά and ῥίζα

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza).

Cognates include Mariupol Greek ри́за (ríza) and Tsakonian σχίντα (schínta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾi.za/

Noun

ρίζα • (ríza) f (plural ρίζες)

1. (botany) root (of a plant)
2. (grammar) root
3. (mathematics) root

Declension

Declension of ρίζα

	singular	plural
nominative	ρίζα (ríza)	ρίζες (rízes)
genitive	ρίζας (rízas)	ριζών (rizón)
accusative	ρίζα (ríza)	ρίζες (rízes)
vocative	ρίζα (ríza)	ρίζες (rízes)

Related terms

• αξερίζωτος (axerízotos, “not uprooted”, adjective)
• αρρίζωτος (arrízotos, “unrooted”, adjective)
• ριζά n pl (rizá, “mountain foot, roots of a mountain”)
• τετραγωνική ρίζα f (tetragonikí ríza, “square root”)

 

Further reading

• ρίζα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• ρίζα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language