ró

ró

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Czech

Noun

ró n

1. rho (Greek letter)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ró.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹɔuːw]

Noun

ró f (genitive singular róar, uncountable)

1. peace, quiet, rest

Declension

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

Synonyms

• rógv

Related terms

• Ró

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroː]

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• Hyphenation: ró
• Rhymes: -roː

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ró

1. (transitive) to notch, carve, engrave, cut into, nick, score

   Synonyms: vés, bevés, farag

2. putting burden on someone, such as a fine, a task, blame, etc.
   1. (transitive, figurative) to impose, levy (a fine, a tax) on someone (-ra/-re)

      Synonyms: kiró, ráró, kivet, kiszab

   2. (transitive, figurative) to assign (a task) to someone (-ra/-re)

      Synonyms: kiró, ráró, előír, kitűz, megszab

   3. (transitive, figurative) to lay, impose (a burden) on someone (-ra/-re)
   4. (transitive, figurative) to lay, place (blame) on someone (-ra/-re)
3. (transitive) to roam, walk, ply, rove (the streets, sea, etc.)

   Synonyms: jár, barangol, kóborol

Conjugation

conjugation of ró

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rovok	rósz	ró	rovunk	rótok	rónak
		Def.	rovom	rovod	rója	rójuk	rójátok	róják
		2nd-p. o.	rólak	―
	Past	Indef.	róttam	róttál	rótt	róttunk	róttatok	róttak
		Def.	róttam	róttad	rótta	róttuk	róttátok	rótták
		2nd-p. o.	róttalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rónék	rónál	róna	rónánk	rónátok	rónának
		Def.	rónám	rónád	róná	rónánk (or rónók)	rónátok	rónák
		2nd-p. o.	rónálak	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rójak	rój or rójál	rójon	rójunk	rójatok	rójanak
		Def.	rójam	ródd or rójad	rója	rójuk	rójátok	róják
		2nd-p. o.	rójalak	―
Infinitive	róni		rónom	rónod	rónia	rónunk	rónotok	róniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			rovás	rovó	rótt	rovandó	róva	róhat

Derived terms

• rovás
• rovott

(With verbal prefixes):

• beró
• egyberó
• felró
• kiró
• leró
• megró
• összeró
• ráró

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô).

Noun

ró (plural rók)

1. rho (Greek letter)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ró	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
non-attributive possessive - singular	róé	róké
non-attributive possessive - plural	róéi	rókéi

Possessive forms of ró
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, Hungary.
2. ró in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• (to carve etc.): ró in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rouː/

  Rhymes: -ouː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ró (whence also Danish ro).

Noun

ró f (genitive singular róar, no plural)

1. calm, rest, stillness, tranquility
2. peace, quiet

Declension

declension of ró

f-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ró	róin
accusative	ró	róna
dative	ró	rónni
genitive	róar	róarinnar

Synonyms

• (tranquility): kyrrð
• (quiet): friður, næði

Derived terms

• óró
• órói
• raska ró
• róa
• róandi
• ró og næði
• taka með ró
• vera ekki í rónni

 

Noun

ró f (genitive singular róar, nominative plural rær)

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

Declension

declension of ró

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ró	róin	rær	rærnar
accusative	ró	róna	rær	rærnar
dative	ró	rónni	róm	rónum
genitive	róar	róarinnar	róa	rónna

See also

• bolti

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔː/

Etymology 1

See ró-.

Noun

ró m (genitive singular ró)

1. abundance, excess (literary)

Declension

Declension of ró

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ró Vocative a ró Genitive ró Dative ró

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ró Genitive an ró Dative leis an ró don ró

Synonyms

• barraíocht
• flúirse

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English row.

Noun

ró m (genitive singular ró, nominative plural rónna)

1. row, line

Declension

Declension of ró

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ró rónna Vocative a ró a rónna Genitive ró rónna Dative ró rónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ró na rónna Genitive an ró na rónna Dative leis an ró don ró leis na rónna

Synonyms

• líne
• sraith

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rōwō.

Noun

ró f

1. rest (state of inner peace)

Descendants

• Icelandic: ró
• Faroese: ró, rógv
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Nynorsk: ro

  Norwegian Bokmål: ro

• Elfdalian: ruo
• Old Swedish: rō
  • Swedish: ro
• Danish: ro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ró

1. second-person singular imperative active of róa

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Tetum

Noun

ró

1. boat