rinda

rinda

See also: rindā

Faroese

Verb

rinda

1. to pay
2. (kvæði) to expel, to chase away
3. (kvæði) to cast

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rinda

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infinitive	rinda
present participle	rindandi
past participle {{{pp.decl}}}	rindaður/ rindur
supine	rindað/ rint
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	rindi	rindar/ rindir	rindar/ rindir	rinda
past	rindaði/ rindi	rindaði/ rindi	rindaði/ rindi	rindaðu/ rindu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	rinda/ rind!	—	rindið!

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Latvian

Koku rinda (1)

Cilvēku rinda (1)

Rindas (3)

Skaitļu rinda (4)

Alternative forms

• (dialectal term) rinde

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *rinda, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *arēydʰ-, *rēydʰ-, *rīdʰ-, derived from *ar (“to unite, to fit”). Cognates include Lithuanian rindà, Old Church Slavonic рѧдъ (rędŭ), Russian ряд (rjad), Bulgarian ред (red), Polish rząd, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raidjan, “organize, define”), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “organized, ordered”), Old Norse greida (“unfold, arrange”), German bereit (“ready”), Persian رده‎ (rade, “row, category”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾīnda]

Noun

rinda f (4th declension)

1. row, line, queue (ordered linear arrangement of objects or people)

   stādīt ābeles rindās ― to plant apple trees in rows

   zobu rinda ― a row of teeth

   namu rinda ― a row of houses

   stāvēt rindā ― to stand, wait in line

   aizņemt, ieņemt rindu ― to take one's place in a line

   būt rindā ― to be in line

   gaidīt savu rindu ― to wait one's turn (lit. one's line)

2. (chiefly in the plural) lines, ranks (of an army or military or similar organization)

   stāties komjaunatnes rindās ― to fall into line with, to join the ranks of the Young Communist League

   dienēt armijas rindās ― to serve in the army (lit. in the army ranks)

3. line (small amount of written text going across a page or column)

   rindu atstarpes ― space between lines

   pārnest vārdu jaunā rindā ― to move a word to a new line

   šīs rindas ― these lines (= this text, this letter)

4. (mathematics) series, sequence

   naturālo skaitļu rinda ― the sequence of natural numbers

   harmoniska rinda, virkne ― harmonic series

5. series, sequence (group of objects organized according to some principle)

   radioaktīvā rinda ― radioactive series

   urāna rinda ― uranium series

6. (botany, taxonomy) order of plants
7. (knitting) course

Declension

Declension of rinda (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rinda	rindas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rindu	rindas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rindas	rindu
dative (datīvs)	rindai	rindām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rindu	rindām
locative (lokatīvs)	rindā	rindās
vocative (vokatīvs)	rinda	rindas

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rinda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rindǭ, whence also Old English rinde

Noun

rinda f

1. rind

Descendants

• German: Rinde

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Spanish

Verb

rinda

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rendir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rendir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rendir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rendir.

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Swahili

rinda

Noun

rinda (needs class)

1. dress (garment)