rinda

Estonian

Noun

rinda

1. partitive singular of rind
2. illative singular of rind

Faroese

Verb

rinda

1. to pay
2. (kvæði) to expel, to chase away
3. (kvæði) to cast

Conjugation

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Related to Finnish rinta.

Noun

rinda

1. breast

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal term) rinde

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *rinda, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *arēydʰ-, *rēydʰ-, *h₂rey-, derived from *h₂er- (“to unite, to fit”). Cognates include Lithuanian rindà, Old Church Slavonic рѧдъ (rędŭ), Russian ряд (rjad), Bulgarian ред (red), Polish rząd, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raidjan, “organize, define”), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “organized, ordered”), Old Norse greida (“unfold, arrange”), German bereit (“ready”), Persian رده (rade, “row, category”).

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Noun

rinda f (4th declension)

1. row, line, queue (ordered linear arrangement of objects or people)

   stādīt ābeles rindās ― to plant apple trees in rows

   zobu rinda ― a row of teeth

   namu rinda ― a row of houses

   stāvēt rindā ― to stand, wait in line

   aizņemt, ieņemt rindu ― to take one's place in a line

   būt rindā ― to be in line

   gaidīt savu rindu ― to wait one's turn (lit. one's line)

2. (chiefly in the plural) lines, ranks (of an army or military or similar organization)

   stāties komjaunatnes rindās ― to fall into line with, to join the ranks of the Young Communist League

   dienēt armijas rindās ― to serve in the army (lit. in the army ranks)

3. line (small amount of written text going across a page or column)

   rindu atstarpes ― space between lines

   pārnest vārdu jaunā rindā ― to move a word to a new line

   šīs rindas ― these lines (= this text, this letter)

4. (mathematics) series, sequence

   naturālo skaitļu rinda ― the sequence of natural numbers

   harmoniska rinda, virkne ― harmonic series

5. series, sequence (group of objects organized according to some principle)

   radioaktīvā rinda ― radioactive series

   urāna rinda ― uranium series

6. (botany, taxonomy) order of plants
7. (knitting) course

Declension

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rindǭ, whence also Old English rinde.

Noun

rinda f

1. rind

Descendants

• German: Rinde

Spanish

Verb

rinda

1. inflection of rendir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

rinda (ma class, plural marinda)

1. dress (garment)