raíña

See also: raina and Raina

Galician

Rúa da Raíña ("Queen's street"), Santiago de Compostela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈiɲa/ [raˈi.ɲɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Hyphenation: ra‧í‧ña

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der.

Latin rēgīna

Old Galician-Portuguese reinha, rainha

Galician raíña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinha, rainha, from Latin rēgīna. Compare Portuguese rainha.

Alternative forms

• reíña
• rainha (reintegrationist)

Noun

raíña f (plural raíñas)

1. queen

   Synonym: soberana

2. chess queen

   Synonym: dama

Related terms

• rei

Etymology 2

From raia (“line”), ultimately from Latin radius (“ray of light; rod”).

Alternative forms

• rainha (reintegrationist)

Noun

raíña f (plural raíñas)

1. a sunny moment in a rainy day

   Synonyms: raeira, raiola

2. hopscotch court
3. dash, little line, stroke

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “rayna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “raíña”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raíña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN