cahíz

Spanish

Etymology

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.

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Noun

cahíz m (plural cahíces)

  1. (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 liters)
  2. (historical) cahiz (a traditional unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed)

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