rěka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "reka"

Lower Sorbian

rěka

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rěka, Polish rzeka, Czech řeka, Russian река́ (reká), Old Church Slavonic рѣка (rěka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʲɪka/

Noun

rěka f inan

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Declension

Declension of rěka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rěka	rěce	rěki
Genitive	rěki	rěkowu	rěkow
Dative	rěce	rěkoma	rěkam
Accusative	rěku	rěce	rěki
Instrumental	rěku	rěkoma	rěkami
Locative	rěce	rěkoma	rěkach

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀɪka/
• Rhymes: -ɪka
• Hyphenation: rě‧ka
• Syllabification: rě‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěka.

Noun

rěka f

1. river (natural watercourse that originates, generally, in the mountains and flows into the sea, a lake or another river, or, sometimes, enters the land)

Declension

Declension of rěka (feminine velar stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	rěka	rěce	rěki
genitive	rěki	rěkow	rěkow
dative	rěce	rěkomaj	rěkam
accusative	rěku	rěce	rěki
instrumental	rěku	rěkomaj	rěkami
locative	rěce	rěkomaj	rěkach
vocative	rěka	rěce	rěki

Derived terms

proper nouns

• St.-Lorencowa rěka

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rěka

1. second/third-person singular present of rěkać

Further reading

• “rěka” in Soblex