ríki
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʊiːtʃɪ/
- Rhymes: -ʊiːtʃɪ
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)
- (independent) state
- Synonyms: land, státur
- reign
- Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi
- empire
- (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ríki | ríkið | ríki, ríkir | ríkini |
| accusative | ríki | ríkið | ríki, ríkir | 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
- dýraríki
- planturíki
- ríkisborgari
- ríkisfelagsskapur
- ríkisráð
- ríkissamband
- ríkisstjóri
- sambandsríki
- sopparíki
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
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ríki | ríka | ríka |
| accusative | ríka | ríku | |
| dative | |||
| genitive | |||
| plural | all genders | ||
| all cases | ríku | ||
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
- IPA(key): /ˈriːcɪ/
- Rhymes: -iːcɪ
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
| 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”.
- Ríkið (“the state monopoly liquor store, government liquor store”)
- ríkisráð (“privy council, state council”)
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
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ríki | ríkit | ríki | ríkin |
| accusative | ríki | ríkit | ríki | ríkin |
| dative | ríki | ríkinu | ríkjum | ríkjunum |
| genitive | ríkis | ríkisins | ríkja | ríkjanna |
Derived terms
- Garðaríki (“Kievan Rus”, literally “realm of the farmsteads”)