riki

See also ríki, and rīki

Finnish

Noun

riki

1. (nautical) rig

Declension

Declension of riki (type risti) singular plural nominative riki rikit genitive rikin rikien partitive rikiä rikejä accusative riki rikin rikit inessive rikissä rikeissä elative rikistä rikeistä illative rikiin rikeihin adessive rikillä rikeillä ablative rikiltä rikeiltä allative rikille rikeille essive rikinä rikeinä translative rikiksi rikeiksi instructive – rikein abessive rikittä rikeittä comitative – rikeineen

Anagrams

• kiri

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, itself either a substantivised *rīkijaz (“rich, mighty”) or a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīgiom (“kingdom”), from *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”). Cognates include Old English rīċe (English rike, riche), Old Dutch rīki (Dutch rijk), Old Frisian rīke (West Frisian ryk), Old High German rīhhi (German Reich), Old Norse ríki n, (Danish rige, Swedish rike n), Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 n. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rex.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriːki/

Noun

rīki n

1. kingdom, empire
2. power, authority

Declension

Declension of rīki

	Singular	Plural
nominative	rīki	rīki
accusative	rīki	rīki
genitive	rīkies	rīkiō
dative	rīkie	rīkium

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”). Compare Old Frisian rīke (West Frisian ryk), Old English rīċe (English rich), Dutch rijk, Old High German rīhhi (German reich), Old Norse ríkr (Danish rig), Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rīki (comparative rīkiro, superlative rīkist)

1. powerful, mighty
2. rich

Declension

Declension of rīki

Strong declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	rīki	rīkie	rīki	rīkie	rīki	rīkiu
accusative	rīkian	rīkie	rīki	rīkie	rīkia	rīkiu
genitive	rīkies	rīkiarō	rīkies	rīkiarō	rīkiaro	rīkiarō
dative	rīkiumu	rīkium	rīkiumu	rīkium	rīkiaro	rīkium
Weak declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	rīkio	rīkiu	rīkia	rīkiu	rīkia	rīkiu
accusative	rīkiun	rīkiun	rīkia	rīkiun	rīkiun	rīkiun
genitive	rīkiun	rīkionō	rīkiun	rīkionō	rīkiun	rīkionō
dative	rīkiun	rīkium	rīkiun	rīkium	rīkiun	rīkium

Descendants

• Middle Low German: rik
  • Low German: rik