# reg
## English
### Etymology 1

Clippings.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: rĕj, rĕg, IPA: /ɹɛd͡ʒ/, /ɹɛɡ/ (loosely by the pronunciation of the source word)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ, -ɛɡ

#### Noun

reg (plural regs)
* (informal) A regular.
    I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.
* (informal) A regulation.
** 1990 December 16, “Prisoners Writing Prisoners”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 18:It makes me sad to see a prisoner complain about another prisoner not writing. His or her mailroom (or yours!) might have just tossed the letter; besides the rules and regs for prisoners writing each other are different in every state, and may change for no reason. Or, the rules may be ignored (especially for gay prisoners) also, even prisons that do accept mail from other prisoners, may not deliver it to people in isolation or on certain security levels.
* registrar
* registration
** (informal, UK) Short for registration number.
    What's your reg and where are you parked?
* registry

##### Derived terms

* on the reg

### Etymology 2

From regolith.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: rĕg, IPA: /ɹɛɡ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡ

#### Noun

reg (countable and uncountable, plural regs)
* (geography) A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts; regolith, stony desert.
** 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 66:As I say for half a mile round the fort it is rutted gravel. We call this sort of gravelly stuff reg.

##### Synonyms

* (hard surface of rock in sand): hammada, serir, yardang, desert pavement

##### See also

* erg
* koum
* zeugen

### Anagrams

* -erg-, EGR, ERG, GER, GRE, Ger, Ger., Ger⁺⁶, erg, ger, gre

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch recht, from Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (adjective) and *rehtą (noun), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛχ ~ ræχ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

reg (attributive regte, comparative regter, superlative regste)
* right; correct
* real; true; actual

### Noun

reg (plural regte)
* justice
* right

## Amanab
### Noun

reg
* child

## Catalan
### Etymology

Deverbal of regar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrek]

### Noun

reg m (plural regs)
* irrigation

### Further reading

* “reg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From clipping of English register.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɛk̚⁵⁵/

### Verb

reg
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to register (a course, a programme, an event, etc.)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁeːk/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

reg
* singular imperative of regen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of regen

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *reŋkɜ (“warm, heat, hotness”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ре̄г (rēg, “heat, warmth”) and Komi-Zyrian регыд (regyd, “soon, shortly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛɡ]
* Hyphenation: reg

### Noun

reg
* (obsolete) morn (morning)
    Synonym: reggel

#### Derived terms

* reggel
* rég
* rögtön

### References

* ↑ reg in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
* ↑ Entry #857 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* reg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈr͈ʲeɣ/

### Verb

·reg
* first-person singular future conjunct of téit

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēx, rēgem (“king”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reɡ/, [ɾeɡ]

### Noun

reg (nominative plural regs)
* (male or female) royal monarch, king / queen

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Hyponyms

* hireg
* jireg

#### Derived terms

* ad reg peleüledölan (leül, leülön, leüled, leüledön)
* davälareg
* dobareg
* gerareg
* lampör-reg
* Norgänareg
* regakur
* regakvil
* regam
* regasomun, Osmunda regalis
* regatigrid, Panthera tigris tigris
* regavat
* regän
* regiäl
* regik
* regiko
* regikön
* regil
* regisasen
* reg läna
* reg Norgäna
* rego
* regön
* reg Svedäna
* regükön
* regül
* Svedänareg

#### Related terms

* davälahireg
* davälajireg
* dobahireg
* dobajireg
* gerahireg
* gerajireg
* hilampör-hireg
* hiregapijun (cf. en: king pigeon (or simply king), de: Kingtaube)
* hiregän
* hiregänik
* hiregik
* hiregiko
* hirego
* hireg cögädom (cög, cögön, cögädön, cögan)
* hireg Norgäna
* hireg Svedäna
* hiregül
* jilampör-jireg
* jiregän
* jiregänik
* jiregik
* jiregiko
* jireg Norgäna
* jirego
* jireg Svedäna
* jiregül
* Norgänahireg
* Norgänajireg
* regänik
* regän Sikilänas tel
* regiälan
* regiälik
* regiälim
* regiäliman
* regiälimik
* regisasenan
* Svedänahireg
* Svedänajireg
* tareg
* vireg

#### See also

* guv
* guvan
* guveral
* guverön
* hilampör
* hizar
* jilampör
* jizar
* lampör
* reig
* reigan
* reigän
* reigön
* zar

## Welsh
### Noun

reg
* Soft mutation of rheg.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.