cahíz
Spanish
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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, Philippines) /kaˈis/ [kaˈis]
- Rhymes: -iθ
- 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Aramaic
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- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iθ
- Rhymes:Spanish/iθ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/is
- Rhymes:Spanish/is/2 syllables
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- es:Units of measure