Faroese edit

Verb edit

rekja (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakt, supine rakt)

  1. to unravel

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

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Synonyms edit

Noun edit

rekja f (genitive singular rekju, no plural)

  1. wet weather

Declension edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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