Reykjavík
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Reykjavík
See also: Reykjavik
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.jə.vɪk/, /ˈɹeɪk.jə.vɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- The capital city of Iceland.
Translations
capital of Iceland
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavický)
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíku |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkem |
Further reading
- “Reykjavík”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Estonian
Etymology
From the Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Faroese
Proper noun
Reykjavík f
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Alternative spelling of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland
Declension
| Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Reykjavík | — |
| gen. | Reykjavíkin | ||
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| inessive | Reykjavíkissa | — | |
| elative | Reykjavíkista | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| adessive | Reykjavíkilla | — | |
| ablative | Reykjavíkilta | — | |
| allative | Reykjavíkille | — | |
| essive | Reykjavíkina | — | |
| translative | Reykjavíkiksi | — | |
| abessive | Reykjavíkitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík m
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Reykjavík | — |
| accusative | Reykjavíkot | — |
| dative | Reykjavíknak | — |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkkal | — |
| causal-final | Reykjavíkért | — |
| translative | Reykjavíkká | — |
| terminative | Reykjavíkig | — |
| essive-formal | Reykjavíkként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Reykjavíkban | — |
| superessive | Reykjavíkon | — |
| adessive | Reykjavíknál | — |
| illative | Reykjavíkba | — |
| sublative | Reykjavíkra | — |
| allative | Reykjavíkhoz | — |
| elative | Reykjavíkból | — |
| delative | Reykjavíkról | — |
| ablative | Reykjavíktól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Reykjavíké | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Reykjavíkéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Reykjavík | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Reykjavíkom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Reykjavíkod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Reykjavíkja | — |
| 1st person plural | Reykjavíkunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Reykjavíkotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Reykjavíkjuk | — |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Literally, “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja (genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík f (proper noun, genitive singular Reykjavíkur)
- Reykjavík (a city in Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Iceland; capital city of Iceland)
Declension
Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only feminine)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| dative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíkur |
Old Norse
Etymology
From reykir (plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun
Reykjavík f (genitive Reykjavíkar)
- Reykjavík (bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)
Descendants
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavícki)
Declension
Declension of Reykjavík
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíkowi |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkiem |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Alternative spelling of Reiquejavique
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (genitive singular Reykjavíku, declension pattern of dub)
References
- “Reykjavík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024