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rækja

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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rækja f (genitive singular rækju, plural rækjur)

  1. shrimp
  2. prawn

Declension

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Declension of rækja
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rækja rækjan rækjur rækjurnar
accusative rækju rækjuna rækjur rækjurnar
dative rækju rækjuni rækjum rækjunum
genitive rækju rækjunnar rækja rækjanna

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse rœkja, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

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rækja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rækti, supine rækt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to attend to, to pursue, to perform
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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20th century Norwegian borrowing, (two Norwegians in Ísafjörthur began shrimp-fishing in Iceland), the danish form lacking the consonant in the middle

Noun

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rækja f (genitive singular rækju, nominative plural rækjur)

  1. shrimp
Declension
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrækja.

Verb

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rækja (present tense rækjer, past tense rækte, past participle rækt, passive infinitive rækjast, present participle rækjande, imperative ræk)

  1. (intransitive) to hawk, to expectorate

Etymology 2

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Presumably borrowing from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (crayfish).

Noun

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rækja f (definite singular rækja, indefinite plural rækjer or rækjor, definite plural rækjene or rækjone)

  1. shrimp; alternative form of reke
    • 1912, Charles Dickens, translated by Ola Raknes, David Copperfield. 1 – fyrste parten, page 125:
      tvo store humrar, eit havtroll av ein krabbe, og ein stor lerefts-pose med rækjor
      two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps