Jump to content

rækja

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Faroese

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

rækja f (genitive singular rækju, plural rækjur)

  1. shrimp
  2. prawn

Declension

[edit]
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rækja rækjan rækjur rækjurnar
accusative rækju rækjuna rækjur rækjurnar
dative rækju rækjuni rækjum rækjunum
genitive rækju rækjunnar rækja rækjanna

Icelandic

[edit]
Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Old Norse rœkja, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

[edit]

rækja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rækti, supine rækt)

  1. to attend to, to pursue, to perform [with accusative]
Conjugation
[edit]
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

20th century Norwegian borrowing, (two Norwegians in Ísafjörthur began shrimp-fishing in Iceland), the danish form lacking the consonant in the middle

Noun

[edit]

rækja f (genitive singular rækju, nominative plural rækjur)

  1. shrimp
Declension
[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Old Norse hrækja.

Verb

[edit]

rækja (present tense rækjer, past tense rækte, past participle rækt, passive infinitive rækjast, present participle rækjande, imperative ræk)

  1. (intransitive) to hawk, to expectorate

Etymology 2

[edit]

Presumably borrowing from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (crayfish).

Noun

[edit]

rækja f (definite singular rækja, indefinite plural rækjer or rækjor, definite plural rækjene or rækjone)

  1. shrimp; alternative form of reke
    • 1912, Charles Dickens, translated by Ola Raknes, David Copperfield. 1 – fyrste parten, page 125:
      tvo store humrar, eit havtroll av ein krabbe, og ein stor lerefts-pose med rækjor
      two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps