rekja

Faroese

Verb

rekja (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakt, supine rakt)

  1. to unravel

Conjugation

Conjugation of rekja (group v-16)
infinitive rekja
supine rakt
participle (a5)1 rekjandi raktur
present past
first singular reki rakti
second singular rekir rakti
third singular rekir rakti
plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) raktu
imperative
singular rek!
plural rekið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛːca/
    Rhymes: -ɛːca

Verb

rekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rakti, supine rakið)

  1. to track, to trace, to follow
  2. to unroll, to unravel

Conjugation

Synonyms

Noun

rekja f (genitive singular rekju, no plural)

  1. wet weather

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

rekja (singular past indicative rakti, plural past indicative rǫktu, past participle rakiðr or raktr)

  1. to unwind, unfold
  2. to track, trace

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rekkja
  • Old Swedish: rækkia, rækia
  • Danish: række
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rekke
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: rekke

References

  • rekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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