reja

See also: Reja, rēja, rĕja, and reją

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language. Compare Estonian reha. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

rejā

1. rake

Polish

reje

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ja/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: re‧ja
• Homophone: Reja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch ra.

Noun

reja f (diminutive rejka, related adjective rejowy)

1. (sailing) spreader, yard (horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast)

   Hypernym: belka

Declension

Declension of reja

	singular	plural
nominative	reja	reje
genitive	rei	rei/rej
dative	rei	rejom
accusative	reję	reje
instrumental	reją	rejami
locative	rei	rejach
vocative	rejo	reje

Derived terms

nouns

• rejowiec

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

reja f

1. (Far Masovian) elongated pit for storing potatoes for winter

Further reading

• reja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• reja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• reja in PWN's encyclopedia
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “reja”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 120

Portuguese

Verb

reja

1. inflection of reger:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Slovene

Etymology

From rediti (“to rear, grow (animals)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ̀ːja/

Noun

réja f

1. growing, rearing (of animals)

   jajca iz hlevske reje

   barn eggs, cage-free eggs

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	rêja
gen. sing.	rêje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rêja	rêji	rêje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rêje	rêj	rêj
dative (dajȃlnik)	rêji	rêjama	rêjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rêjo	rêji	rêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rêji	rêjah	rêjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rêjo	rêjama	rêjami

Related terms

• rejski
• rejec

Further reading

• “reja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrexa/ [ˈre.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: re‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian regge (“church doors”), from Late Latin (porta) rēgia (literally “kingly door”).

Noun

reja f (plural rejas)

1. grate, grating, grille
2. (in the plural) bars (especially of a prison cell)

   tras las rejas ― behind bars

Derived terms

• entre rejas
• rejero
• rejilla
• rejón
• tras las rejas

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *regla, from Latin rēgula (“bar, stick; rule, model”). Doublet of regla. Cognate with English rail.

Noun

reja f (plural rejas)

1. plowshare (or ploughshare) (soil-cutting bar of a plough)

Further reading

• “reja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28