regi

See also: régi, regí, and reĝi

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈreɡi]
• Rhymes: -eɡi
• Hyphenation: re‧gi

Verb

regi (present regas, past regis, future regos, conditional regus, volitive regu)

1. to rule, reign, govern, control
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the Third World Congress of Esperanto:

     En Esperantujo regas ne sole la lingvo Esperanto, sed ankaŭ la interna ideo de la Esperantismo.

     The Esperanto world is ruled not only by the language Esperanto, but also by the internal idea of Esperantismo.

   • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, Introduction:

     Sed multaj faraonoj regis mallonge.

     But many pharaohs ruled for a short time.

Inflection

Conjugation of regi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		regas		regis		regos
active participle		reganta	regantaj	reginta	regintaj	regonta	regontaj
	acc.	regantan	regantajn	regintan	regintajn	regontan	regontajn
passive participle		regata	regataj	regita	regitaj	regota	regotaj
	acc.	regatan	regatajn	regitan	regitajn	regotan	regotajn
nominal active participle		reganto	regantoj	reginto	regintoj	regonto	regontoj
	acc.	reganton	regantojn	reginton	regintojn	regonton	regontojn
nominal passive participle		regato	regatoj	regito	regitoj	regoto	regotoj
	acc.	regaton	regatojn	regiton	regitojn	regoton	regotojn
adverbial active participle		regante		reginte		regonte
adverbial passive participle		regate		regite		regote

infinitive		regi						imperative		regu						conditional		regus

Related terms

• registaro (“government”)
• reĝa (“royal, regal, kingly”)
• reĝanto (“ruler”, literally “one who rules”)
• reĝaro (“government”)
• reĝidino (“princess”)
• reĝido (“prince”)
• reĝino (“queen”)
• reĝlando (“kingdom”)
• reĝo (“king”)

 

Related terms

• estri (“to lead; to head, be the leader”)

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Estonian

Etymology

From .

Noun

regi (genitive ree, partitive rege)

1. sledge

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Italian

Adjective

regi

1. plural of regio

Noun

regi

1. plural of rege

Anagrams

• egri
• ergi

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Karelian

Etymology

From , compare Finnish reki.

Noun

regi (genitive rien, partitive regie)

1. sledge, sleigh

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) rēgī

1. dative singular of rēx

Verb

(deprecated template usage) regī

1. present passive infinitive of regō

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Ludian

Etymology

From , akin to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sled

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Portuguese

Verb

regi

1. first-person singular preterite of reger

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [red͡ʒʲ]

Noun

regi m

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of rege
2. indefinite genitive/dative plural of rege

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈɧiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

regi c

1. direction (of a film or a theatre performance)

Declension

Declension of regi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	regi	regis
	definite	regin	regins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• regissera
• regissör

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Veps

Etymology

From , from Baltic (compare Latvian ragavas, Lithuanian ragės). Related to Finnish reki.

Noun

regi

1. sledge, sleigh
2. cart, wagon

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “воз, дровни, повозка, сани”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛɡi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡi/, /ˈrɛɡi/

Verb

regi

1. Soft mutation of rhegi.