ryga

See also: Ryga, rygą, and Rygą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian riga. Doublet of rej.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɘ.ɡa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɨ.ɡa/

• Rhymes: -ɘɡa
• Syllabification: ry‧ga
• Homophone: Ryga

Noun

ryga f

1. (dated, Warsaw) grid paper (sheets of paper with an outline grid of lines used for plotting graphs)

   Synonym: liniuszek

2. (typography) blank material

   Hypernym: justunek

3. (archaic) line, row (path through two or more points; a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight)

   Synonyms: linia, rząd

Declension

Declension of ryga

	singular	plural
nominative	ryga	rygi
genitive	rygi	ryg
dative	rydze	rygom
accusative	rygę	rygi
instrumental	rygą	rygami
locative	rydze	rygach
vocative	rygo	rygi

Further reading

• ryga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ryga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• ryga in PWN's encyclopedia
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “RYGA”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “rygor”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna