Reykjavík
See also: Reykjavik
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”). Literally translated as Reekwich.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.jə.vɪk/, /ˈɹeɪk.jə.vɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- The capital city of Iceland.
Translations
capital of Iceland
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɛjkjaviːk]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (relational adjective reykjavický)
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíku |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkem |
Further reading
- “Reykjavík”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Estonian
Etymology
From the Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Faroese
Proper noun
Reykjavík f
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrei̯kjɑʋik/, [ˈre̞i̯kjɑ̝ʋik]
- Rhymes: -eikjɑʋik
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- alternative spelling of Reykjavik: the capital city of Iceland
Declension
| Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Reykjavík | — |
| gen. | Reykjavíkin | ||
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| inessive | Reykjavíkissa | — | |
| elative | Reykjavíkista | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| adessive | Reykjavíkilla | — | |
| ablative | Reykjavíkilta | — | |
| allative | Reykjavíkille | — | |
| essive | Reykjavíkina | — | |
| translative | Reykjavíkiksi | — | |
| abessive | Reykjavíkitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ.kja.vik/ ~ /ʁe.kja.vik/
Proper noun
Reykjavík m
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɛjkjɒviːk]
- Hyphenation: Reyk‧ja‧vík
- Rhymes: -iːk
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík | — |
| accusative | Reykjavíkot | — |
| dative | Reykjavíknak | — |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkkal | — |
| causal-final | Reykjavíkért | — |
| translative | Reykjavíkká | — |
| terminative | Reykjavíkig | — |
| essive-formal | Reykjavíkként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Reykjavíkban | — |
| superessive | Reykjavíkon | — |
| adessive | Reykjavíknál | — |
| illative | Reykjavíkba | — |
| sublative | Reykjavíkra | — |
| allative | Reykjavíkhoz | — |
| elative | Reykjavíkból | — |
| delative | Reykjavíkról | — |
| ablative | Reykjavíktól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Reykjavíké | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Reykjavíkéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Reykjavíkom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Reykjavíkod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Reykjavíkja | — |
| 1st person plural | Reykjavíkunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Reykjavíkotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Reykjavíkjuk | — |
Derived terms
- reykjavíki
Icelandic
Etymology
Literally, “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja (genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈreiːcaˌviːk]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Reykjavík f (proper noun, genitive singular Reykjavíkur)
- Reykjavík (a city in the Capital Region, Iceland; the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| dative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíkur |
Old Norse
Etymology
From reykir (plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun
Reykjavík f (genitive Reykjavíkar)
- Reykjavík (bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)
Descendants
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛjˈkja.vik/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -avik
- Syllabification: Rey‧kja‧vík
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavícki)
Declension
Declension of Reykjavík
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíkowi |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkiem |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
Reykjavík ?
- alternative spelling of Reiquejavique
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrejkjaviːk]
Proper noun
Reykjavík m inan (genitive singular Reykjavíku, declension pattern of dub)
References
- “Reykjavík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025