ríki

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʊiːtʃɪ/
• Rhymes: -ʊiːtʃɪ

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, plural ríki)

1. (independent) state

   Synonyms: land, státur

2. reign

   Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi

3. empire
4. (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)

n25	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ríki	ríkið	ríki(r)	ríkini
Accusative	ríki	ríkið	ríki(r)	ríkini
Dative	ríki	ríkinum	ríkjum	ríkjunum
Genitive	ríkis	ríkisins	ríkja	ríkjanna

• (taxon): slag (“species”), slekt (“genus”), ætt (“family”), hópur (“order”), flokkur (“class”), fylki (“phylum”)

• ríkisráð

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

ríki, weak/definite variant of ríkur

1. rich

Weak adjectival inflection of ríkur
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	ríki	ríka	ríka
Accusative (hvønnfall)	ríka	ríku
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	ríku
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

From Old Norse ríki, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Germanic *rīks, an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːcɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːcɪ

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, nominative plural ríki)

1. kingdom, realm, empire
2. a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)

   Þurrt ríki.

   An alcohol-free state.

3. state (of the United States)

   Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki

4. power, authority

   Synonym: vald

5. (biology) kingdom (regnum)
6. (mathematics) category (collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow)

Declension of ríki
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ríki	ríkið	ríki	ríkin
accusative	ríki	ríkið	ríki	ríkin
dative	ríki	ríkinu	ríkjum	ríkjunum
genitive	ríkis	ríkisins	ríkja	ríkjanna

• Baire-setning, setning Baires (category theorem of Baire)

From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

ríki n (genitive ríkis)

1. realm

• Garðaríki (“Kievan Rus”, literally “realm of the farmsteads”)

• Icelandic: ríki
• Faroese: ríki
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rike
• Norwegian Bokmål: rike
• Old Swedish: rīke
  • Swedish: rike
• Danish: rige
• → Middle English: rike
  • English: rike
  • Scots: rik