reka

See also rekă, ręka, rěka, and řeka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse).

Verb

reka

1. to drive, to drift

Conjugation

reka, v-56
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	reki	rekur	rekur	reka
Past	rak	rakst	rak	róku
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	rek !	—	rekið !
Infinitive	reka
Pres. part.	rekandi
Past part. a26	rikin
Supine	rikið

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɛːka/

  Rhymes: -ɛːka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse), from Proto-Germanic *wrekanan.

Verb

reka strong verb (third person singular past indicative rak, third person plural past indicative ráku, supine rekið)

1. to drive (forward or away)
2. to run (a farm, business, etc.)
3. coerce, drive (someone to do something)
4. to hammer, hit (iron)
5. (impersonal) to cause to drift

   Bátinn (acc.) rak út á haf.

   The boat drifted out to sea.

Derived terms

• reka áfram
• reka sig á
• reka á eftir
• reka á dyr
• reka á burt
• reka augun í
• reka upp öskur
• reka úr sér tunguna
• reka í gegn
• rekast
• rekast á
• rekast í

Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka.

Noun

reka f. (genitive singular reku, plural rekur)

1. shovel

Declension

declension of reka

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reka	rekan	rekur	rekurnar
accusative	reku	rekuna	rekur	rekurnar
dative	reku	rekunni	rekum	rekunum
genitive	reku	rekunnar	reka/rekna	rekanna/reknanna

Synonyms

• skófla

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Maori

Adjective

reka

1. nice

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rekōn, whence also Old Saxon reka, Old High German recho. Also related to Old English raca, racu.

Noun

reka f.

1. shovel

Descendants

• Icelandic: reka
• Norwegian: reka, reke

Etymology 2

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekanan.

Verb

reka

1. to drive

Descendants

See vreka.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): rijéka

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rey- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rěːka/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ka

Noun

réka f. (Cyrillic spelling ре́ка)

1. a river

Declension

    declension of reka

	singular	plural
nominative	reka	reke
genitive	reke	reka
dative	reci	rekama
accusative	reku	reke
vocative	reko	reke
locative	reci	rekama
instrumental	rekom	rekama

Derived terms

• rèčica
• rèčina
• rȇčnī

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈreka/

Noun

réka f.

1. (geography) river

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɛ́.kà/

Verb

go rêka (perfect rekile)

1. to buy