Wiktionary

rikis

See also: rikīs

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

rikis

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs or Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, cognate to Old Prussian rikīs, Latin rex, German Reich, Irish rí, English rich.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rìkis m (plural rìkiai) stress pattern 2

  1. (chess) bishop
  2. knight
  3. A military commander in medieval Lithuania, similar to a hetman or ataman

Declension edit

Declension of rìkis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) rìkis rìkiai
genitive (kilmininkas) rìkio rìkių
dative (naudininkas) rìkiui rìkiams
accusative (galininkas) rìkį rikiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) rikiù rìkiais
locative (vietininkas) rìkyje rìkiuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) rìki rìkiai

See also edit

Chess pieces in Lithuanian · ? (layout · text)
           
karalius valdovė bokštas rikis žirgas pėstininkas

Old Prussian edit

Etymology edit

From the Proto-Indo-European *reg-. Cognates include Latin rex (“king”).

Noun edit

rikis

  1. lord
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Here   Rikis
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