LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

raia

raia f (genitive raiae)
Classical[ˈraj.ja]Ecclesiastical[ˈraː.ja]

Meaning

  1. feminineray (a marine fish with a flat body)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeraiaraiae
genitiveraiaeraiārum
dativeraiaeraiīs
accusativeraiamraiās
ablativeraiāraiīs
vocativeraiaraiae

raia, ae, f.,
I. a sea-fish, the ray, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; 9, 42, 67, § 144.

Origins

Hypothetically from a Proto-Italic *rajjā (perhaps < *ragjā), with unknown further origin. Parallels can be found in Germanic: Middle Dutch rogghe/rochghe (Dutch rog) and Middle Low German rugge, from Western Proto-Germanic *rugg-, as well as Old English reohhe, Middle English reyhhe, reȝge, rygh all meaning "ray". Taken together with the Latin, these forms could point to a dialectal Proto-Indo-European *raK- ~ *ruK- (“ray”); however, the phonetic correspondences are unusual even within Germanic, and this could indicate a shared loanword or substrate origin for both the Germanic and Latin.

Descendants
  • Catalanrajada
  • Englishrayfrom Old French raie
  • Frenchraiefrom Old French raie
  • Italianrazza
  • Portugueseraia
  • Portuguesearraia
  • Spanishraya
  • Galicianraia
  • Hungarianrája
  • Sicilianraja

In English words that came into English from raia

  • rayraia

Quick answers

What does raia mean in Latin?
raia, a noun, means “ray (a marine fish with a flat body)”.
What is the genitive of raia?
The genitive singular is raiae. raia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce raia?
In classical Latin, [ˈraj.ja]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈraː.ja].