ridica

Italian

Verb

ridica

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

Anagrams

Ciardi, Icardi, darici, idrica, radici, ricadi

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. A doubtful connection with Ancient Greek ἐρείδω (ereídō, “to prop, support”) is sometimes suggested. Pokorny suggests a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyd- for both, which Beekes finds plausible for the Greek word.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɪ.dɪ.ka]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈriː.di.ka]

Noun

ridica f (genitive ridicae); first declension

(agriculture) A stake, a vine-prop

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ridica	ridicae
genitive	ridicae	ridicārum
dative	ridicae	ridicīs
accusative	ridicam	ridicās
ablative	ridicā	ridicīs
vocative	ridica	ridicae

Derived terms

ridicula

Descendants

Galician: rodriga
Romanian: ridica (possibly)
Spanish: rodrigón

References

“ridica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ridica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Alternative forms

rădica — archaic or regional
râdica — obsolete
aridica — obsolete

Etymology

Probably from Latin ērādīcāre (“root out, eradicate”) (and thus a doublet of the borrowing eradica). Another possibility is Late Latin or Vulgar Latin ridicāre (“tie a vine, e.g. in a vineyard”) (attested from a late gloss), from ridica (“stake; prop; vine-prop”); cf. also Spanish rodrigón. The semantic development in this case would pertain to how vines were set up in Romanian vineyards traditionally, using a trunk for the vines and stakes to support them; in the winter they would be lowered covered with a layer of earth to protect from the cold, but in spring would be raised again on the stakes or props. Less likely etymologies proposed include a Vulgar Latin *rigidicāre, from rigidus, or *adrecticāre. Compare Megleno-Romanian rădic, ardic, ardicari.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ri.diˈka/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: ri‧di‧ca

Verb

a ridica (third-person singular present ridică, past participle ridicat, third-person subjunctive ridice) 1st conjugation

(transitive) to lift, elevate, raise, hoist, suspend
Synonym: înălța
(transitive) to increase
(transitive) to uplift
(reflexive) to get up, stand up, arise
Synonym: scula
(intransitive, figurative, literary) to tower
- 2024, Bogdan Perdivară, transl., Câmpiile, Bucharest: Litera, translation of The Plains by Gerald Murnane, →ISBN, page 92:
  Portdrapelele se ridicau golașe deasupra fileurilor de tenis.
  The bare flagpoles towered over the tennis nets.
(reflexive, formal, of amounts) to amount, add up to [with la]
- 1990, Corneliu Vlad, “Păcatele teleevangheliștilor [The sins of the televangelists]”, in Lumea ’90 (yearly), Bucharest, page 122:
  Veniturile sale se estimează că s-au ridicat la 73,5 milioane dolari în 1986.
  His income is estimated to have added up to 73.5 million dollars in 1986.
(reflexive, rather archaic) to recover from a disease
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:se însănătoși
(transitive, chiefly obsolete) to heal, cure
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vindeca

Conjugation

conjugation of ridica (first conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a ridica
gerund			ridicând
past participle			ridicat
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ridic	ridici	ridică	ridicăm	ridicați	ridică
	imperfect	ridicam	ridicai	ridica	ridicam	ridicați	ridicau
	simple perfect	ridicai	ridicași	ridică	ridicarăm	ridicarăți	ridicară
	pluperfect	ridicasem	ridicaseși	ridicase	ridicaserăm	ridicaserăți	ridicaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să ridic	să ridici	să ridice	să ridicăm	să ridicați	să ridice
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ridică			ridicați
	negative		nu ridica			nu ridicați

Derived terms

References

“ridica”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026