ráða

See also: rada, ráda, råda, řada, and raða

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Verb

ráða (third person singular past indicative [please provide], supine [please provide])

1. to advise
2. to decide

Conjugation

Conjugation of ráða (irregular)
infinitive	ráða
supine	rátt (ráðið)
participle (a27)1	ráðandi	ráðin
	present	past
first singular	ráði	raddi/ (ræð)
second singular	ræður	raddi/ (ræð)
third singular	ræður	raddi/ (ræð)
plural	ráða	raddu/ (ræð)
	imperative
singular	ráð!
plural	ráðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“reason, count”). Cognate with English read, Low German raden, Dutch raden, German raten, Swedish råda, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (garēdan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós), Old Irish immrádim, Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrauːða/

  Rhymes: -auːða

Verb

ráða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative réð, third-person plural past indicative réðu, supine ráðið)

1. (with accusative) to employ, to hire

   Hún ræður alltaf vini sína.

   She always employs her friends.

   Ég mætti bara brosandi og ég var ráðinn á staðnum.

   I just showed up smiling and I was hired on the spot.

2. (with accusative) to solve

   Geturðu ráðið þessar gátur?

   Can you solve these riddles?

3. (with dative) to command, control, be in control of

   Hver ræður hér í raun og veru?

   Who is really in charge here?

4. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to advise (someone to do something)

   Afi minn réð mér alltaf heilt.

   My grandfather always gave me good advice.

5. (with dative) to decide

   Ég læt þig ráða.

   I'll let you decide.

Derived terms

• ráðast
• það verður að ráðast (it will have to take its course)

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-.

Verb

ráða (singular past indicative réð, plural past indicative réðu, past participle ráðinn)

1. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to advise, counsel (someone to do something)
2. (transitive, with dative) to consult about, discuss
3. (with dative) to devise, plan
4. (with dative) to agree on

   réðu þeir þat þá með sér

   they settled this among themselves

5. (with accusative) to fix, resolve

   hefi áðr ráðit brúðlaup mitt

   I have fixed my wedding day

6. (with accusative) to hire, take into service

   bóndi sagði húsfreyju, at hann hafði Hrapp ráðit með sér

   the partisan told his wife that he had taken Hrapp into his company

7. (with dative) to rule (over), govern

   Einarr jarl réð þá Orkneyjum

   Earl Einarr ruled the Orkneys

8. (with dative) to rule, command, have one's way with, prevail, decide, settle
9. (with dative) to have, possess, be master of, enjoy
10. (with dative) to explain, read, interpret
11. (with accusative) to read and understand (e.g. runes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ráða — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	ráða
present participle	ráðandi
past participle	ráðinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ræð	réð
2nd-person singular	ræðr	rétt
3rd-person singular	ræðr	réð
1st-person plural	ráðum	réðum
2nd-person plural	ráðið	réðuð
3rd-person plural	ráða	réðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ráða	réða
2nd-person singular	ráðir	réðir
3rd-person singular	ráði	réði
1st-person plural	ráðim	réðim
2nd-person plural	ráðið	réðið
3rd-person plural	ráði	réði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ráð
1st-person plural	ráðum
2nd-person plural	ráðið

Conjugation of ráða — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	ráðask
present participle	ráðandisk
past participle	ráðizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ráðumk	réðumk
2nd-person singular	ræzk	rézk
3rd-person singular	ræzk	rézk
1st-person plural	ráðumsk	réðumsk
2nd-person plural	ráðizk	réðuzk
3rd-person plural	ráðask	réðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ráðumk	réðumk
2nd-person singular	ráðisk	réðisk
3rd-person singular	ráðisk	réðisk
1st-person plural	ráðimsk	réðimsk
2nd-person plural	ráðizk	réðizk
3rd-person plural	ráðisk	réðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	rázk
1st-person plural	ráðumsk
2nd-person plural	ráðizk

Descendants

• Danish: råde
• Icelandic: ráða
• Faroese: ráða
• Norwegian Bokmål: råde
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rå, råda, råde
• Old Swedish: raþa, rāþa
  • Swedish: råda

References

• ráða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.