ríki

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See also: riki and rīki

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Noun

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, plural ríki)

  1. (independent) state
    Synonyms: land, státur
  2. reign
    Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi
  3. empire
  4. (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)
Declension
n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ríki ríkið ríki(r) ríkini
Accusative ríki ríkið ríki(r) ríkini
Dative ríki ríkinum ríkjum ríkjunum
Genitive ríkis ríkisins ríkja ríkjanna
Coordinate terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Adjective

ríki, weak/definite variant of ríkur

  1. rich
Declension
Weak adjectival inflection of ríkur
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) ríki ríka ríka
Accusative (hvønnfall) ríka ríku
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) ríku
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

Noun

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, nominative plural ríki)

  1. kingdom, realm, empire
  2. a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)
    Þurrt ríki.
    An alcohol-free state.
  3. state (of the United States)
    Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki
  4. power, authority
    Synonym: vald
  5. (biology) kingdom (regnum)
  6. (mathematics) category (collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

Noun

ríki n (genitive ríkis)

  1. realm

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ríki
  • Faroese: ríki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rike
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rike
  • Old Swedish: rīke
  • Danish: rige
  • Middle English: rike