rekja

Faroese

Verb

rekja (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakt, supine rakt)

1. to unravel

Conjugation

Conjugation of rekja (group v-16)

infinitive	rekja
supine	rakt
	present	past
first singular	reki	rakti
second singular	rekir	rakti
third singular	rekir	rakti
plural	rekja	raktu
participle (a5)1	rekjandi	raktur
	imperative
singular	rek!
plural	rekið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːca/

  Rhymes: -ɛːca

Etymology 1

Verb

rekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rakti, supine rakið)

1. to track, to trace, to follow

   Synonym: fylgja

2. to unroll, to unravel

   Synonym: rakna

Conjugation

rekja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að rekja
supine sagnbót		rakið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		rekjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	rek	rakti		reki	rekti
	þú	rekur	raktir		rekir	rektir
	hann, hún, það	rekur	rakti		reki	rekti
plural	við	rekjum	röktum		rekjum	rektum
	þið	rekið	röktuð		rekið	rektuð
	þeir, þær, þau	rekja	röktu		reki	rektu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	rek (þú), rektu
plural	þið	rekið (þið), rekiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

rekjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að rekjast
supine sagnbót		rakist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		rekjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	rekst	raktist		rekjist	rektist
	þú	rekst	raktist		rekjist	rektist
	hann, hún, það	rekst	raktist		rekjist	rektist
plural	við	rekjumst	röktumst		rekjumst	rektumst
	þið	rekjist	röktust		rekjist	rektust
	þeir, þær, þau	rekjast	röktust		rekjist	rektust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	rekst (þú), rekstu
plural	þið	rekist (þið), rekisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

rakinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rakinn	rakin	rakið	raktir	raktar	rakin
accusative (þolfall)	rakinn	rakta	rakið	rakta	raktar	rakin
dative (þágufall)	röktum	rakinni	röktu	röktum	röktum	röktum
genitive (eignarfall)	rakins	rakinnar	rakins	rakinna	rakinna	rakinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rakti	rakta	rakta	röktu	röktu	röktu
accusative (þolfall)	rakta	röktu	rakta	röktu	röktu	röktu
dative (þágufall)	rakta	röktu	rakta	röktu	röktu	röktu
genitive (eignarfall)	rakta	röktu	rakta	röktu	röktu	röktu

Etymology 2

Noun

rekja f (genitive singular rekju, nominative plural rekjur)

1. wet weather

Declension

Declension of rekja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rekja	rekjan	rekjur	rekjurnar
accusative	rekju	rekjuna	rekjur	rekjurnar
dative	rekju	rekjunni	rekjum	rekjunum
genitive	rekju	rekjunnar	rekja	rekjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti. See also Proto-Germanic *wrakjaną.

Verb

rekja (singular past indicative rakti, plural past indicative rǫktu, past participle rakiðr or raktr)

1. to unwind, unfold
2. to track, trace

Conjugation

Conjugation of rekja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	rekja
present participle	rekjandi
past participle	raktr, rakiðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	rek	rakta		rekja	rekta
2nd person singular	rekr	raktir		rekir	rektir
3rd person singular	rekr	rakti		reki	rekti
1st person plural	rekjum	rǫktum		rekim	rektim
2nd person plural	rekið	rǫktuð		rekið	rektið
3rd person plural	rekja	rǫktu		reki	rekti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	rek
1st person plural	rekjum
2nd person plural	rekið

Conjugation of rekja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	rekjask
present participle	rekjandisk
past participle	raksk, rakizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	rekjumk	rǫktumk		rekjumk	rektumk
2nd person singular	reksk	raktisk		rekisk	rektisk
3rd person singular	reksk	raktisk		rekisk	rektisk
1st person plural	rekjumsk	rǫktumsk		rekimsk	rektimsk
2nd person plural	rekizk	rǫktuzk		rekizk	rektizk
3rd person plural	rekjask	rǫktusk		rekisk	rektisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	reksk
1st person plural	rekjumsk
2nd person plural	rekizk

Related terms

• reka

Descendants

• Icelandic: rekja
• Faroese: rekja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rekkja
• Old Swedish: rækkia, rækia
  • Swedish: räcka
• Danish: række
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rekke
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: rekke

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rekja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive