Reykjavík
See also: Reykjavik
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.jə.vɪk/, /ˈɹeɪk.jə.vɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík
- The capital city of Iceland.
Translations
[edit]capital of Iceland
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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavický)
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíku |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkem |
Further reading
[edit]- “Reykjavík”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík f
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík
- Alternative spelling of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Reykjavík | — |
| gen. | Reykjavíkin | ||
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| inessive | Reykjavíkissa | — | |
| elative | Reykjavíkista | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| adessive | Reykjavíkilla | — | |
| ablative | Reykjavíkilta | — | |
| allative | Reykjavíkille | — | |
| essive | Reykjavíkina | — | |
| translative | Reykjavíkiksi | — | |
| abessive | Reykjavíkitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík m
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Hungarian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík
- Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Reykjavík | — |
| accusative | Reykjavíkot | — |
| dative | Reykjavíknak | — |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkkal | — |
| causal-final | Reykjavíkért | — |
| translative | Reykjavíkká | — |
| terminative | Reykjavíkig | — |
| essive-formal | Reykjavíkként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Reykjavíkban | — |
| superessive | Reykjavíkon | — |
| adessive | Reykjavíknál | — |
| illative | Reykjavíkba | — |
| sublative | Reykjavíkra | — |
| allative | Reykjavíkhoz | — |
| elative | Reykjavíkból | — |
| delative | Reykjavíkról | — |
| ablative | Reykjavíktól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Reykjavíké | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Reykjavíkéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Reykjavík | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Reykjavíkom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Reykjavíkod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Reykjavíkja | — |
| 1st person plural | Reykjavíkunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Reykjavíkotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Reykjavíkjuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja (genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík f (proper noun, genitive singular Reykjavíkur, nominative plural Reykjavíkur)
- Reykjavík (a city in Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Iceland; capital city of Iceland)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Reykjavík (feminine, based on vík)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Reykjavík | Reykjavíkin | Reykjavíkur | Reykjavíkurnar |
| accusative | Reykjavík | Reykjavíkina | Reykjavíkur | Reykjavíkurnar |
| dative | Reykjavík | Reykjavíkinni | Reykjavíkum | Reykjavíkunum |
| genitive | Reykjavíkur | Reykjavíkurinnar | Reykjavíka | Reykjavíkanna |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From reykir (plural of reykr (“smoke”)) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík f (genitive Reykjavíkar)
- Reykjavík (bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)
Descendants
[edit]Polish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavícki)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Reykjavík
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík |
| genitive | Reykjavíku |
| dative | Reykjavíkowi |
| accusative | Reykjavík |
| instrumental | Reykjavíkiem |
| locative | Reykjavíku |
| vocative | Reykjavíku |
Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík
- Alternative spelling of Reiquejavique
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Reykjavík m inan (genitive singular Reykjavíku, declension pattern of dub)
References
[edit]- “Reykjavík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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