ríki

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See also: riki and rīki

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Noun

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ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, plural ríki)

  1. (independent) state
    Synonyms: land, státur
  2. reign
    Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi
  3. empire
  4. (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)
Declension
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n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ríki ríkið ríki(r) ríkini
Accusative ríki ríkið ríki(r) ríkini
Dative ríki ríkinum ríkjum ríkjunum
Genitive ríkis ríkisins ríkja ríkjanna
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Adjective

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ríki, weak/definite variant of ríkur

  1. rich
Declension
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Weak adjectival inflection of ríkur
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) ríki ríka ríka
Accusative (hvønnfall) ríka ríku
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) ríku
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, nominative plural ríki)

  1. kingdom, realm, empire
  2. a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)
    Þurrt ríki.
    An alcohol-free state.
  3. state (of the United States)
    Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki
  4. power, authority
    Synonym: vald
  5. (biology) kingdom (regnum)
  6. (mathematics) category (collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow)

Declension

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    Declension of ríki
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ríki ríkið ríki ríkin
accusative ríki ríkið ríki ríkin
dative ríki ríkinu ríkjum ríkjunum
genitive ríkis ríkisins ríkja ríkjanna

Derived terms

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See also

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

Noun

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ríki n (genitive ríkis)

  1. realm

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • Garðaríki (Kievan Rus, literally realm of the farmsteads)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ríki
  • Faroese: ríki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rike
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rike
  • Old Swedish: rīke
  • Danish: rige
  • Middle English: rike