ríki

See also: riki and rīki

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)

1. (independent) state

   Synonyms: land, státur

2. reign

   Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi

3. empire
4. (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)

Declension

Declension of ríki (n25)

	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

• ríkisráð

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

1. rich

Declension

Weak adjectival inflection of ríkur

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)

1. kingdom, realm, empire
2. a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)

   Þurrt ríki.

   An alcohol-free state.

3. state (of the United States)

   Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki

4. power, authority

   Synonym: vald

5. (biology) kingdom (regnum)
6. (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

Declension of ríki (neuter)

	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)

1. realm

Declension

Declension of ríki (strong ija-stem)

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”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: ríki
• Faroese: ríki
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rike
• Norwegian Bokmål: rike
• Old Swedish: rīke
  • Swedish: rike
• Danish: rige
• → Middle English: rike
  • English: rike
  • Scots: rik