See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Czech

Noun

 n (indeclinable)

  1. rho (Greek letter)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɹɔuːw]

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, uncountable)

  1. peace, quiet, rest

Declension

Declension of (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative róin
accusative róina
dative róini
genitive róar róarinnar

Synonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroː]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation:
  • Rhymes: -roː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokɜ- (to cut, chop up).[1][2]

Verb

  1. (transitive) to notch, carve, engrave, cut into, nick, score
    Synonyms: vés, bevés, farag
  2. putting burden on someone, such as a fine, a task, blame, etc.
    1. (transitive, figurative) to impose, levy (a fine, a tax) on someone (-ra/-re)
      Synonyms: kiró, ráró, kivet, kiszab
    2. (transitive, figurative) to assign (a task) to someone (-ra/-re)
      Synonyms: kiró, ráró, előír, kitűz, megszab
    3. (transitive, figurative) to lay, impose (a burden) on someone (-ra/-re)
    4. (transitive, figurative) to lay, place (blame) on someone (-ra/-re)
  3. (transitive) to roam, walk, ply, rove (the streets, sea, etc.)
    Synonyms: jár, barangol, kóborol
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beró
  • egyberó
  • felró
  • kiró
  • leró
  • megró
  • összeró
  • ráró

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô).

Noun

(plural rók)

  1. rho (Greek letter)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rók
accusative rót rókat
dative rónak róknak
instrumental róval rókkal
causal-final róért rókért
translative róvá rókká
terminative róig rókig
essive-formal róként rókként
essive-modal
inessive róban rókban
superessive rón rókon
adessive rónál róknál
illative róba rókba
sublative róra rókra
allative róhoz rókhoz
elative róból rókból
delative róról rókról
ablative rótól róktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
róé róké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
róéi rókéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. róm róim
2nd person sing. ród róid
3rd person sing. rója rói
1st person plural rónk róink
2nd person plural rótok róitok
3rd person plural rójuk róik

References

  1. Entry #862 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • (to carve etc.): in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rouː/
    Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse (whence also Danish ro).

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, no plural)

  1. calm, rest, stillness, tranquility
  2. peace, quiet
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • óró
  • órói
  • raska ró
  • ró og næði
  • róa
  • róandi
  • taka með ró
  • vera ekki í rónni

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, nominative plural rær)

  1. nut (fastener with a hole through it, intended to be screwed onto a bolt)
Declension
See also

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See ró-.

Noun

 m (genitive singular )

  1. abundance, excess (literary)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English row.

Noun

 m (genitive singular , nominative plural rónna)

  1. row, line
Declension
Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rōō.

Noun

 f

  1. rest (state of inner peace)
Descendants
  • Icelandic:
  • Faroese: , rógv
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: ro
    Norwegian Bokmål: ro
  • Elfdalian: ruo
  • Old Swedish:
    • Swedish: ro
  • Danish: ro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

  1. second-person singular imperative active of róa

Tetum

Noun

  1. boat
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