res
- (declension-5) thing, object, stuff
- (declension-5) matter, issue, subject, topic
- (declension-5) affair, event
- (declension-5) story, history
- (declension-5) state, republic, commonwealth
- (declension-5, specifically) novae rēs, meaning a new or different state, etc.: an idiom for a revolution
- (declension-5) deed
- (declension-5) circumstances
- (declension-5) effects, substance, property, possessions
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈreːs]
Etymology
For the expected *rīs, remodelled on a new oblique stem *rēj-, from Proto-Italic *reis, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Cognate to Old Persian [Term?] (/rāy-/, “paradise, wealth”), Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬫- (rāy-, “paradise, wealth”), Northern Kurdish raye (“power, authority, office, state”), Sanskrit रै (rái, “property, wealth”), रयि (rayí, “stuff, material, property, goods”).
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