# ríki
## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹʊiːtʃɪ/
* Rhymes: -ʊiːtʃɪ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, plural ríki)
* (independent) state
    Synonyms: land, státur
* reign
    Synonyms: vald, ræði, harradømi
* empire
* (biology) kingdom, regnum (taxon)

##### Coordinate terms

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

##### Derived terms

* ríkisráð

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

ríki, weak/definite variant of ríkur
* rich

##### Declension

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

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriːcɪ/
    Rhymes: -iːcɪ

### Noun

ríki n (genitive singular ríkis, nominative plural ríki)
* kingdom, realm, empire
* a sovereign state (regardless of the form of government)
    Þurrt ríki.An alcohol-free state.
* state (of the United States)
    Synonyms: fylki, sambandsríki
* power, authority
    Synonym: vald
* (biology) kingdom (regnum)
* (mathematics) category (collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow)

#### Derived terms

* Ríkið (“the state monopoly liquor store, government liquor store”)
* ríkisráð (“privy council, state council”)
* afleitt ríki (“derived category”)
* fullt hlutríki (“full subcategory”)
* grúpuríki (“category of groups”)
* hlutríki (“subcategory”)
* lítið ríki (“set of the first category”)
* mengjaríki (“category of sets”)
* mótanaríki (“category of morphisms”)
* nykurríki (“dual category, opposite category”)
* ríki af ríkjum (“category of categories”)
* ríkjafræði (“category theory”)
* ríkjafylki (“category of categories”)
* samlagningarríki (“additive category”)
* smáríki (“small category”)
* stórt ríki (“big category, large category”)
* varparíki (“functor category”)
* örvaríki (“category of morphisms”)

#### See also

* Baire-setning, setning Baires (“category theorem of Baire”)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rīkiją.

### Noun

ríki n (genitive ríkis)
* realm

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

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