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Faroese

Proper noun

 f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Ró: Róarson
  • daughter of Ró: Róardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Genitive Róar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Czech

Noun

 n

  1. rho (Greek letter)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɹɔuːw]

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, uncountable)

  1. peace, quiet, rest

Synonyms

Declension

Declension of (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative róin
accusative róina
dative róini
genitive róar róarinnar

Related terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroː]
  • Hyphenation:

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokɜ- (to cut, chop up) [1][2]

Verb

  1. to notch
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • rovás
  • rovott

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felró
  • kiró
  • leró
  • megró
  • ráró

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô)

Noun

(plural rók)

  1. rho (Greek letter)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rók
accusative rót rókat
dative rónak róknak
instrumental róval rókkal
causal-final róért rókért
translative róvá rókká
terminative róig rókig
essive-formal róként rókként
essive-modal
inessive róban rókban
superessive rón rókon
adessive rónál róknál
illative róba rókba
sublative róra rókra
allative róhoz rókhoz
elative róból rókból
delative róról rókról
ablative rótól róktól
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. róm róim
2nd person sing. ród róid
3rd person sing. rója rói
1st person plural rónk róink
2nd person plural rótok róitok
3rd person plural rójuk róik

References

  1. Entry #862 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rouː/
    Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse (whence also Danish ro).

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, no plural)

  1. calm, rest, stillness, tranquility syn.
  2. peace, quiet syn.
Declension
Derived terms
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

 f (genitive singular róar, nominative plural rær)

  1. nut (fastener with a hole through it, intended to be screwed onto a bolt)
Declension
See also

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See ró-.

Noun

 m (genitive singular )

  1. abundance, excess (literary)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English row.

Noun

 m (genitive singular , nominative plural rónna)

  1. row, line
Declension
Synonyms

Tetum

Noun

  1. boat