ritka

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See also: řiťka

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Slavic language, compare Slovene redek, Serbo-Croatian rijedak (rare), Russian редко (redko, rarely).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ritka (comparative ritkább, superlative legritkább)

  1. rare
  2. sparse

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ritka ritkák
accusative ritkát ritkákat
dative ritkának ritkáknak
instrumental ritkával ritkákkal
causal-final ritkáért ritkákért
translative ritkává ritkákká
terminative ritkáig ritkákig
essive-formal ritkaként ritkákként
essive-modal
inessive ritkában ritkákban
superessive ritkán ritkákon
adessive ritkánál ritkáknál
illative ritkába ritkákba
sublative ritkára ritkákra
allative ritkához ritkákhoz
elative ritkából ritkákból
delative ritkáról ritkákról
ablative ritkától ritkáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ritkáé ritkáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ritkáéi ritkákéi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ritka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ritьka, diminutive of *ritь. By surface analysis, riś +‎ -ka. Cognate with Czech řiťka.

Pronunciation

Noun

ritka f inan

  1. Diminutive of riś (arse)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ritka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ritka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag