reka
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse).
Verb[edit]
reka (third person singular past indicative rak, third person plural past indicative róku, supine rikið)
Conjugation[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.
Verb[edit]
reka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rak, third-person plural past indicative ráku, supine rekið)
- to drive (forward or away)
- to run (a farm, business, etc.)
- coerce, drive (someone to do something)
- to hammer, hit (iron)
- (impersonal) to cause to drift
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að reka | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
rekið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
rekandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég rek | við rekum | present (nútíð) |
ég reki | við rekum |
þú rekur | þið rekið | þú rekir | þið rekið | ||
hann, hún, það rekur | þeir, þær, þau reka | hann, hún, það reki | þeir, þær, þau reki | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég rak | við rákum | past (þátíð) |
ég ræki | við rækjum |
þú rakst | þið rákuð | þú rækir | þið rækjuð | ||
hann, hún, það rak | þeir, þær, þau ráku | hann, hún, það ræki | þeir, þær, þau rækju | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
rek (þú) | rekið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
rektu | rekiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að rekast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
rekist | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
rekandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég rekst | við rekumst | present (nútíð) |
ég rekist | við rekumst |
þú rekst | þið rekist | þú rekist | þið rekist | ||
hann, hún, það rekst | þeir, þær, þau rekast | hann, hún, það rekist | þeir, þær, þau rekist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég rakst | við rákumst | past (þátíð) |
ég rækist | við rækjumst |
þú rakst | þið rákust | þú rækist | þið rækjust | ||
hann, hún, það rakst | þeir, þær, þau rákust | hann, hún, það rækist | þeir, þær, þau rækjust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
rekst (þú) | rekist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
rekstu | rekisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
rekinn | rekin | rekið | reknir | reknar | rekin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
rekinn | rekna | rekið | rekna | reknar | rekin | |
dative (þágufall) |
reknum | rekinni | reknu | reknum | reknum | reknum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
rekins | rekinnar | rekins | rekinna | rekinna | rekinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
rekni | rekna | rekna | reknu | reknu | reknu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
rekna | reknu | rekna | reknu | reknu | reknu | |
dative (þágufall) |
rekna | reknu | rekna | reknu | reknu | reknu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
rekna | reknu | rekna | reknu | reknu | reknu |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
reka f (genitive singular reku, nominative plural rekur)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Maori[edit]
Adjective[edit]
reka
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- reken m
Noun[edit]
reka f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
reka f
- definite singular of reke
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *rekǭ, whence also Old Saxon reka, Old High German recho. Also related to Old English raca, racu.
Noun[edit]
reka f
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.
Verb[edit]
reka
- to drive
Descendants[edit]
See vreka.
References[edit]
- reka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Ijekavian): rijéka
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *rěka, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rey- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
réka f (Cyrillic spelling ре́ка)
- a river
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *rěka.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈrèːka/
- Tonal orthography: rẹ́ka
Noun[edit]
réka f (genitive réke, nominative plural réke)
Declension[edit]
Tswana[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
go rêka (perfect rekile)
- to buy
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