rěka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "reka"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rěka, Polish rzeka, Czech řeka, Russian река́ (reká), Old Church Slavonic рѣка (rěka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʲɪ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɪka
  • Syllabification: rě‧ka

Noun

rěka f

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Declension

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀʲɪ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɪka
  • Syllabification: rě‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rě̄kà / *rěkà.

Noun

rěka f

  1. river (natural watercourse that originates, generally, in the mountains and flows into the sea, a lake or another river, or, sometimes, enters the land)
Declension
Derived terms
proper nouns
  • St.-Lorencowa rěka f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rěka

  1. second/third-person singular present of rěkać

References