cahíz

From Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز‎ (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא‎ and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ‎ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē), Catalan cahís, and Galician and Portuguese cacifo.

cahíz m (plural cahíces)

1. (historical) cahiz, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L
2. (historical) cahiz, a traditional unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed

• (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1/576 cahíz), medio (1/288 cahíz), celemín (1/144 cahíz), cuartilla (1/48 cahíz), cuarto (1/24 cahíz), fanega (1/12 cahíz), saco (⅙ cahíz), carga (⅓ cahíz)

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