ríki
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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)
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
- (taxon): slag (“species”), slekt (“genus”), ætt (“family”), hópur (“order”), flokkur (“class”), fylki (“phylum”)
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
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
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)
- kingdom, realm, empire
- a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)
- Þurrt ríki.
- An alcohol-free state.
- state (of the United States)
- Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki
- power, authority
- Synonym: vald
- (biology) kingdom (regnum)
- (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
| Declension of ríki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ríki | ríkið | ríki | ríkin |
| accusative | ríki | ríkið | ríki | ríkin |
| dative | ríki | ríkinu | ríkjum | ríkjunum |
| genitive | ríkis | ríkisins | ríkja | ríkjanna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from “government”.
Terms derived from ríki meaning “category”.
- afleitt ríki (derived category)
- fullt hlutríki (full subcategory)
- grúpuríki (category of groups)
- hlutríki (subcategory)
- lítið ríki (set of the first category)
- mengjaríki (category of sets)
- mótanaríki (category of morphisms)
- nykurríki (dual category, opposite category)
- ríki af ríkjum (category of categories)
- ríkjafræði (category theory)
- ríkjafylki (category of categories)
- samlagningarríki (additive category)
- smáríki (small category)
- stórt ríki (big category, large category)
- varparíki (functor category)
- örvaríki (category of morphisms)
See also
- Baire-setning, setning Baires (category theorem of Baire)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.
Noun
ríki n (genitive ríkis)
Declension
Declension of ríki (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms
- Garðaríki (“Kievan Rus”, literally “realm of the farmsteads”)