rekja

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Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

rekja (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakt, supine rakt)

  1. to unravel

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of rekja (group v-16)
infinitive rekja
supine rakt
participle (a5)1 rekjandi raktur
present past
first singular reki rakti
second singular rekir rakti
third singular rekir rakti
plural rekja raktu
imperative
singular rek!
plural rekið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

rekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rakti, supine rakið)

  1. to track, to trace, to follow
  2. to unroll, to unravel

Conjugation[edit]

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Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

rekja f (genitive singular rekju, no plural)

  1. wet weather

Declension[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb[edit]

rekja (singular past indicative rakti, plural past indicative rǫktu, past participle rakiðr or raktr)

  1. to unwind, unfold
  2. to track, trace

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: rekja
  • Faroese: rekja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rekkja
  • Old Swedish: rækkia, rækia
  • Danish: række
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rekke
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: rekke

References[edit]

  • rekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press