ρήγας

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Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek ῥήξ (rhḗx, “king”), from Latin rēx (“king”).

The second meaning is a semantic loan from Italian re.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ρήγας • (rígas) m (plural ρηγάδες, feminine ρήγισσα)

  1. king in fairy tales
  2. (card games) king in a pack of playing cards
    Synonym: παπάς m (papás)

Declension

singular plural
nominative ρήγας (rígas) ρηγάδες (rigádes)
genitive ρήγα (ríga) ρηγάδων (rigádon)
accusative ρήγα (ríga) ρηγάδες (rigádes)
vocative ρήγα (ríga) ρηγάδες (rigádes)

Descendants

  • → Albanian: rig[2]
  • → Romanian: rigă

References

  1. ^ ρήγας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rig”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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