reliquia

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

• IPA^(key): /reˈli.kwja/, /reˈli.kwi.a/[1]
• Rhymes: -ikwja, -ikwia
• Hyphenation: re‧lì‧quia, re‧lì‧qui‧a

reliquia f (plural reliquie)

1. relic (religious)
2. reliquary

From reliquus (“abandoned”), itself from older *relikwos. Related to relinquō (“I relinquish”). Probably derived from reliquiae, reinterpreted as a singular noun.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈli.kʷi.a/, [rɛˈlʲɪkʷiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈli.kwi.a/, [reˈliːkwiä]

reliquia f (genitive reliquiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) remain, relic
2. (Late Latin) remnant

First-declension noun.

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

• IPA^(key): /reˈlikja/ [reˈli.kja]
• Rhymes: -ikja
• Syllabification: re‧li‧quia

reliquia f (plural reliquias)

1. relic, heirloom
2. vestige

• “reliquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014