ràdica

• radica, rarica (eye dialect)
• ràrica, ràdiga (dialectal)

From Vulgar Latin *rādica, from Latin rādīcula, diminutive of rādīx (“root”). Compare Italian radica and Sardinian rádica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrradika/, [ˈʐʐaː.dɪ.ka], [-ɾɪ.ka], [ˈɾaː-]
• Hyphenation: rà‧di‧ca

ràdica f (plural ràdichi)

1. root (of the plant)

   I ràdichi di sta macchia su' funni vinti metri sutta â terra.

   This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.

2. root (of nails, hair, teeth)

   I danni nnâ ràdica su' prubblemi cumuni di stricàrisi forti i denti.

   Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.

   A ràdica è l'ùnica parti viva dî capiḍḍi.

   The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.

3. Synonym of radici
4. (botany) ipecacuanha (Carapichea ipecacuanha)
5. root (untreated part of hair) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Si tincìu i capiḍḍi di nìguru u misi scursu, â 'ccapata si ci vìdunu tutti i ràdichi dî capiḍḍi janchi.

   He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.

6. (computing) root (UNIX) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Àju a tràsiri comu ràdica ("root") prima di putillu fari.

   I have to log in as root before I do that.

7. (computing) root (folder) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Abbiai i prichi nnâ carpetta dâ ràdica.

   I installed the files in the root directory.

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “ràdica”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3332