rike
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Results from the difficulty of pronouncing the phoneme /l/ for L1 speakers of many Far East languages.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
rike (third-person singular simple present rikes, present participle riking, simple past and past participle riked)
- (Far East) Pronunciation spelling of like.
Anagrams Edit
Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
Derived from the verb rikkoa (“to break”) + -e.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
rike
Declension Edit
Inflection of rike (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rike | rikkeet | ||
genitive | rikkeen | rikkeiden rikkeitten | ||
partitive | rikettä | rikkeitä | ||
illative | rikkeeseen | rikkeisiin rikkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rike | rikkeet | ||
accusative | nom. | rike | rikkeet | |
gen. | rikkeen | |||
genitive | rikkeen | rikkeiden rikkeitten | ||
partitive | rikettä | rikkeitä | ||
inessive | rikkeessä | rikkeissä | ||
elative | rikkeestä | rikkeistä | ||
illative | rikkeeseen | rikkeisiin rikkeihin | ||
adessive | rikkeellä | rikkeillä | ||
ablative | rikkeeltä | rikkeiltä | ||
allative | rikkeelle | rikkeille | ||
essive | rikkeenä | rikkeinä | ||
translative | rikkeeksi | rikkeiksi | ||
instructive | — | rikkein | ||
abessive | rikkeettä | rikkeittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- "rike" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
Middle Dutch Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.
Noun Edit
rike n
Inflection Edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old Dutch rīki, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.
Adjective Edit
rike
Inflection Edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
- “rike (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “rike (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “rike (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “rike (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Adjective Edit
rike
- Alternative form of riche (“rich”)
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
rike
- Alternative form of riche (“realm”)
- For al þis rike A ded knyght wald I noght strike. — Seven Sages, a1425
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Adjective Edit
rike
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural riker, definite plural rika or rikene)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “rike” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
rike n (definite singular riket, indefinite plural rike, definite plural rika)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective Edit
rike
References Edit
- “rike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams Edit
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Cognate with Dutch rijk and German Reich.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
rike
Noun Edit
rike n
- a realm, kingdom, empire, nation
- De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.
- The two kingdoms shall have two common main currencies. (Sweden and Norway, two realms united under one king, 1814-1905)
- De båda rikena skola hafwa twå gemensamma huvudmynt.
- (taxonomy) a kingdom (animal, plant) of biological classification
Usage notes Edit
- (definite form "riket" to mean Sweden) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Declension Edit
Declension of rike | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rike | riket | riken | rikena |
Genitive | rikes | rikets | rikens | rikenas |