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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"
Czech
Noun
ró n (indeclinable)
- rho (Greek letter)
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ró f (genitive singular róar, uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of ró (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f2s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ró | róin |
| accusative | ró | róina |
| dative | ró | róini |
| genitive | róar | róarinnar |
Synonyms
Related terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokɜ- (“to cut, chop up”).[1][2]
Verb
ró
- (transitive) to notch, carve, engrave, cut into, nick, score
- putting burden on someone, such as a fine, a task, blame, etc.
- (transitive, figurative) to impose, levy (a fine, a tax) on someone (-ra/-re)
- (transitive, figurative) to assign (a task) to someone (-ra/-re)
- (transitive, figurative) to lay, impose (a burden) on someone (-ra/-re)
- (transitive, figurative) to lay, place (blame) on someone (-ra/-re)
- (transitive) to roam, walk, ply, rove (the streets, sea, etc.)
Conjugation
conjugation of ró
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | rovok | rósz | ró | rovunk | rótok | rónak | |
| Def. | rovom | rovod | rója | rójuk | rójátok | róják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | rólak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | róttam | róttál | rótt | róttunk | róttatok | róttak | ||
| Def. | róttam | róttad | rótta | róttuk | róttátok | rótták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róttalak | ― | |||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. róni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | rovék | rovál | rova | rovánk | rovátok | rovának | ||
| Def. | rovám | rovád | rová | rovánk | rovátok | rovák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | roválak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ró vala, rótt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | rovandok | rovandasz | rovand | rovandunk | rovandotok | rovandanak | ||
| Def. | rovandom | rovandod | rovandja | rovandjuk | rovandjátok | rovandják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | rovandalak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | rónék | rónál | róna | rónánk | rónátok | rónának | |
| Def. | rónám | rónád | róná | rónánk (or rónók) |
rónátok | rónák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | rónálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rótt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | rójak | rój or rójál |
rójon | rójunk | rójatok | rójanak | |
| Def. | rójam | ródd or rójad |
rója | rójuk | rójátok | róják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | rójalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rótt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | róni | rónom | rónod | rónia | rónunk | rónotok | róniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| rovás | rovó | rótt | rovandó | róva (róván) | |||||
| The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of ró
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | róhatok | róhatsz | róhat | róhatunk | róhattok | róhatnak | |
| Def. | róhatom | róhatod | róhatja | róhatjuk | róhatjátok | róhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | róhattam | róhattál | róhatott | róhattunk | róhattatok | róhattak | ||
| Def. | róhattam | róhattad | róhatta | róhattuk | róhattátok | róhatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhattalak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | róhaték | róhatál | róhata | róhatánk | róhatátok | róhatának | ||
| Def. | róhatám | róhatád | róhatá | róhatánk | róhatátok | róhaták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. róhat vala, róhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | róhatandok or rovandhatok | róhatandasz or rovandhatsz | róhatand or rovandhat | róhatandunk or rovandhatunk | róhatandotok or rovandhattok | róhatandanak or rovandhatnak | ||
| Def. | róhatandom or rovandhatom | róhatandod or rovandhatod | róhatandja or rovandhatja | róhatandjuk or rovandhatjuk | róhatandjátok or rovandhatjátok | róhatandják or rovandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhatandalak or rovandhatlak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | róhatnék | róhatnál | róhatna | róhatnánk | róhatnátok | róhatnának | |
| Def. | róhatnám | róhatnád | róhatná | róhatnánk (or róhatnók) |
róhatnátok | róhatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. róhatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | róhassak | róhass or róhassál |
róhasson | róhassunk | róhassatok | róhassanak | |
| Def. | róhassam | róhasd or róhassad |
róhassa | róhassuk | róhassátok | róhassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | róhassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. róhatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (róhatni) | (róhatnom) | (róhatnod) | (róhatnia) | (róhatnunk) | (róhatnotok) | (róhatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | róható | Neg. adj. | róhatatlan | Adv. part. | (róhatva / róhatván) | ||||
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô).
Noun
ró (plural rók)
- rho (Greek letter)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ró | rók |
| accusative | rót | rókat |
| dative | rónak | róknak |
| instrumental | róval | rókkal |
| causal-final | róért | rókért |
| translative | róvá | rókká |
| terminative | róig | rókig |
| essive-formal | róként | rókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | róban | rókban |
| superessive | rón | rókon |
| adessive | rónál | róknál |
| illative | róba | rókba |
| sublative | róra | rókra |
| allative | róhoz | rókhoz |
| elative | róból | rókból |
| delative | róról | rókról |
| ablative | rótól | róktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
róé | róké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
róéi | rókéi |
| Possessive forms of ró | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | róm | róim |
| 2nd person sing. | ród | róid |
| 3rd person sing. | rója | rói |
| 1st person plural | rónk | róink |
| 2nd person plural | rótok | róitok |
| 3rd person plural | rójuk | róik |
References
- ^ Entry #862 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ ró in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- (to carve etc.): ró 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
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ró (whence also Danish ro), from Proto-Germanic *rōō.
Noun
ró f (genitive singular róar, no plural)
Declension
| Declension of ró | ||
|---|---|---|
| f-s1 | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ró | róin |
| accusative | ró | róna |
| dative | ró | rónni |
| genitive | róar | róarinnar |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ró f (genitive singular róar, nominative plural rær)
- nut (fastener with a hole through it, intended to be screwed onto a bolt)
Declension
| Declension of ró | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ró | róin | rær | rærnar |
| accusative | ró | róna | rær | rærnar |
| dative | ró | rónni | róm | rónum |
| genitive | róar | róarinnar | róa | rónna |
See also
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See ró-.
Noun
ró m (genitive singular ró)
Declension
Declension of ró
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
ró m (genitive singular ró, nominative plural rónna)
Declension
Declension of ró
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rōō.
Noun
ró f
- rest (state of inner peace)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ró
Tetum
Noun
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