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rök

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse rǫk, from Proto-Germanic *rakō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rök n pl (plural only, genitive plural raka)

  1. reasoning, arguments

Declension

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Declension of rök (pl-only neuter)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative rök rökin
accusative rök rökin
dative rökum rökunum
genitive raka rakanna

Derived terms

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Southwestern Dinka

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Noun

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rök (plural rook)

  1. calabash, box

References

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  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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rök från en skorsten [smoke from a smokestack] (noun sense 1)

Etymology

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From Old Norse reykr, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz. Cognate to German Rauch. See also the related ryka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /røːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Noun

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rök c

  1. (uncountable) smoke
  2. (countable, slang) a cigarette
    • 1977, 6:52 from the start, in Betalas omgående [Paid immediately] (Albert & Herbert)‎[2], season 3, episode 1, spoken by Albert Karlsson (Sten-Åke Cederhök), Gothenburg, Sweden:
      Jaja, får ta mig en liten cigarett. Ta mig en liten rök.
      Well then, I'll get myself a little cigarette. Get myself a little smoke.

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Verb

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rök

  1. imperative of röka

Further reading

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  • “rök”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • rök in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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