razzia

See also: Razzia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya), equalling Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa, “raid, military campaign”). Doublet of ghazwa.

Noun

razzia (plural razzias)

1. A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
   • 1984 April 21, Jorge A., “Getting Together”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

     A week ago the police started razzias (raids), and lots of gay and not gay people have been taken to the police department off of the main avenues, bars, (gay and not gay), baths, and restaurants.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية.

Noun

razzia

1. a forceful, (ideally) unannounced operation by a (para-)military organ at suspicion of crime

Declension

Declension of razzia

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	razzia	razziaen	razziaer	razziaerne
genitive	razzias	razziaens	razziaers	razziaernes

References

• “razzia” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From earlier razia (1830), gazia (1808), borrowed from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya), classical Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa, “raid, military campaign”). Compare Portuguese gazia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.zja/

Noun

razzia f (plural razzias)

1. (military) raid, foray [from early 19th c.]

   Synonyms: incursion, raid

2. (law enforcement) raid, swift operation [from 1840s]

   Synonym: rafle

Derived terms

• razzier

Descendants

• → Catalan: ràtzia
• → Czech: razie
• → Danish: razzia
• → Dutch: razzia
  • → Indonesian: razia
• → English: razzia
• → Finnish: ratsia
• → German: Razzia
  • → Hungarian: razzia
• → Italian: razzia
• → Portuguese: razia
• → Spanish: razia
• → Swedish: razzia

Further reading

• “razzia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Razzia, from French razzia.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒzːijɒ]
• Hyphenation: raz‧zia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

razzia (plural razziák)

1. raid (an attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	razzia	razziák
accusative	razziát	razziákat
dative	razziának	razziáknak
instrumental	razziával	razziákkal
causal-final	razziáért	razziákért
translative	razziává	razziákká
terminative	razziáig	razziákig
essive-formal	razziaként	razziákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	razziában	razziákban
superessive	razzián	razziákon
adessive	razziánál	razziáknál
illative	razziába	razziákba
sublative	razziára	razziákra
allative	razziához	razziákhoz
elative	razziából	razziákból
delative	razziáról	razziákról
ablative	razziától	razziáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	razziáé	razziáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	razziáéi	razziákéi

Possessive forms of razzia

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	razziám	razziáim
2nd person sing.	razziád	razziáid
3rd person sing.	razziája	razziái
1st person plural	razziánk	razziáink
2nd person plural	razziátok	razziáitok
3rd person plural	razziájuk	razziáik

Derived terms

• razziázik

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

• razzia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology 1

Via French razzia from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya).

Noun

razzia f (plural razzie)

1. raid, plundering

   Synonym: saccheggio

Derived terms

• razziare

Etymology 2

Verb

razzia

1. inflection of razziare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• arazzi

Spanish

Noun

razzia f (plural razzias)

1. Alternative form of razia

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية.

Noun

razzia c

1. (law enforcement) raid

   Synonyms: polisrazzia, polisräd, räd

   Polisen utförde en razzia mot klubben

   The police carried out a raid on the club

Declension

Declension of razzia

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	razzia	razzias
	definite	razzian	razzians
plural	indefinite	razzior	razziors
	definite	razziorna	razziornas

Derived terms

• knarkrazzia
• narkotikarazzia
• polisrazzia
• skatterazzia

Further reading

• razzia in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker