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rive

See also: Rive and rivé

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).

Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.

Verb

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rive (third-person singular simple present rives, present participle riving, simple past rived or rove or rave, past participle rived or riven)

  1. (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:
      And therwith she toke the swerd from her loue that lay ded and fylle to the ground in a swowne / And whan she aroos she made grete dole out of mesure / the whiche sorowe greued Balyn passyngly sore / and he wente vnto her for to haue taken the swerd oute of her hād but […] sodenly she sette the pomell to the ground / and rofe her self thorow the body
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  3. (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue […].
    • 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England:
      Freestone i.e. that rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
    • 2012, David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation. Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC–AD 1300, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, page 10:
      To the west, the country descends more gradually to the extensive plains of the Nile Valley but is riven by the rugged valleys of the Takezze and other Nile tributaries.
    • 2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 34:
      The company was riven by strikes. Years later, the dispute with the RMT union over driver operation of train doors has still not formally been resolved.
    • 2023 September 12, Patrick Wintour, “‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Oil-rich Libya has been riven by political infighting, corruption and external interference since a 2011 uprising that toppled and later led to the death of the longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
  4. (transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
    • 1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare:
      Ten thousand French have ta'en the sacrament, To rive their dangerous artillery
  5. (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
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Noun

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rive (plural rives)

  1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
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Etymology 2

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Compare Latin ripa (“shore”)

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Noun

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rive (plural rives)

  1. A bank or shore.

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rive

  1. To land.

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riːvə/, [ˈʁiːʋə], [ˈʁiːʊ]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrífa, derived from the verb Old Norse hrífa (“to grip”), from Proto-Germanic *hrībaną (“to grip, snatch”).

Noun

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rive c (singular definite riven, plural indefinite river)

  1. rake
Declension
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Declension of rive
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rive riven river riverne
genitive rives rivens rivers rivernes

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną, cognate with Swedish riva, English rive. In the sense, "to rake", it is derived from the noun.

Verb

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rive (past tense rev, past participle revet, common gender attributive reven, plural or definite attributive revne)

  1. to grate
  2. to scratch, tear, rip
  3. to rake
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rive
active passive
present river rives
past rev —
infinitive rive rives
imperative riv —
participle
present rivende
past revet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund riven

Finnish

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Etymology

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Probably from Swedish drev.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈriʋeˣ/, [ˈriʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): ri‧ve

Noun

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rive

  1. oakum, tow

Declension

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Inflection of rive (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative rive riveet
genitive riveen riveiden
riveitten
partitive rivettä riveitä
illative riveeseen riveisiin
riveihin
singular plural
nominative rive riveet
accusative nom. rive riveet
gen. riveen
genitive riveen riveiden
riveitten
partitive rivettä riveitä
inessive riveessä riveissä
elative riveestä riveistä
illative riveeseen riveisiin
riveihin
adessive riveellä riveillä
ablative riveeltä riveiltä
allative riveelle riveille
essive riveenä riveinä
translative riveeksi riveiksi
abessive riveettä riveittä
instructive — rivein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rive (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative riveeni riveeni
accusative nom. riveeni riveeni
gen. riveeni
genitive riveeni riveideni
riveitteni
partitive rivettäni riveitäni
inessive riveessäni riveissäni
elative riveestäni riveistäni
illative riveeseeni riveisiini
riveihini
adessive riveelläni riveilläni
ablative riveeltäni riveiltäni
allative riveelleni riveilleni
essive riveenäni riveinäni
translative riveekseni riveikseni
abessive riveettäni riveittäni
instructive — —
comitative — riveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative riveesi riveesi
accusative nom. riveesi riveesi
gen. riveesi
genitive riveesi riveidesi
riveittesi
partitive rivettäsi riveitäsi
inessive riveessäsi riveissäsi
elative riveestäsi riveistäsi
illative riveeseesi riveisiisi
riveihisi
adessive riveelläsi riveilläsi
ablative riveeltäsi riveiltäsi
allative riveellesi riveillesi
essive riveenäsi riveinäsi
translative riveeksesi riveiksesi
abessive riveettäsi riveittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — riveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative riveemme riveemme
accusative nom. riveemme riveemme
gen. riveemme
genitive riveemme riveidemme
riveittemme
partitive rivettämme riveitämme
inessive riveessämme riveissämme
elative riveestämme riveistämme
illative riveeseemme riveisiimme
riveihimme
adessive riveellämme riveillämme
ablative riveeltämme riveiltämme
allative riveellemme riveillemme
essive riveenämme riveinämme
translative riveeksemme riveiksemme
abessive riveettämme riveittämme
instructive — —
comitative — riveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative riveenne riveenne
accusative nom. riveenne riveenne
gen. riveenne
genitive riveenne riveidenne
riveittenne
partitive rivettänne riveitänne
inessive riveessänne riveissänne
elative riveestänne riveistänne
illative riveeseenne riveisiinne
riveihinne
adessive riveellänne riveillänne
ablative riveeltänne riveiltänne
allative riveellenne riveillenne
essive riveenänne riveinänne
translative riveeksenne riveiksenne
abessive riveettänne riveittänne
instructive — —
comitative — riveinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative riveensä riveensä
accusative nom. riveensä riveensä
gen. riveensä
genitive riveensä riveidensä
riveittensä
partitive rivettään
rivettänsä 		riveitään
riveitänsä
inessive riveessään
riveessänsä 		riveissään
riveissänsä
elative riveestään
riveestänsä 		riveistään
riveistänsä
illative riveeseensä riveisiinsä
riveihinsä
adessive riveellään
riveellänsä 		riveillään
riveillänsä
ablative riveeltään
riveeltänsä 		riveiltään
riveiltänsä
allative riveelleen
riveellensä 		riveilleen
riveillensä
essive riveenään
riveenänsä 		riveinään
riveinänsä
translative riveekseen
riveeksensä 		riveikseen
riveiksensä
abessive riveettään
riveettänsä 		riveittään
riveittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — riveineen
riveinensä

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”).

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rive f (plural rives)

  1. bank (of a river)
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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin rīpa.

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rive f (plural rivis)

  1. slope, ascent
  2. shore
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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French arriver (“arrive”).

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rive

  1. to arrive, to get to
  2. to happen

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈri.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: rì‧ve

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rive f

  1. plural of riva

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Latin

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Noun

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rīve

  1. vocative singular of rīvus

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrífa.

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Noun

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rive f or m (definite singular riva or riven, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)

  1. a rake (garden and agricultural tool)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse rífa.

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rive (imperative riv, present tense river, passive rives, simple past rev or reiv, past participle revet, present participle rivende)

  1. to grate + av
  2. to scratch, tear, rip + av
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrífa.

Noun

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rive f (definite singular riva, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)

  1. a rake (garden and agricultural tool)

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Verb

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rive (present tense riv, past tense reiv, supine rive, past participle riven, present participle rivande, imperative riv)

  1. Alternative form of riva

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