reyta

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Afar

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Reyta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rejˈta/ [ɾɛjˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: rey‧ta

Noun

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reytá f (masculine dabéela, plural wadár m)

  1. she-goat

Declension

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Declension of reytá
absolutive reytá
predicative reytá
subjective reytá
genitive reytá
Postpositioned forms
l-case reytál
k-case reyták
t-case reytát
h-case reytáh

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “reyta”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse reyta, from Proto-Germanic *rautjaną, related to *raupijaną (to rip, pluck).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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reyta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reytti, supine reytt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to pluck, to pick
    Synonyms: tína, plokka

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “868-71”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 868-71