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
participle (a5)1 rekjandi raktur
present past
first singular reki rakti
second singular rekir rakti
third singular rekir rakti
plural rekja raktu
imperative
singular rek!
plural rekið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛːca/
    Rhymes: -ɛːca

Verb

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

  1. to track, to trace, to follow
  2. to unroll, to unravel

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Noun

rekja f (genitive singular rekju, no plural)

  1. wet weather

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Descendants

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

References

  • rekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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