rífa
Icelandic
/ˈriːva/
verb-strong
Definitions
- to rip, tear
- to grab or pull at forcefully
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse rífa (tear apart, tear, rend, pick, rive, break, scratch) derived from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (tear, scratch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rīfaną
Gloss
tear, scratch
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outrive English
- rive English
- rivel English
- rivest English
- riveth English
- torive English
- *(e)reip- Proto-Indo-European
- *rey- Proto-Indo-European
- *rīfaną Proto-Germanic
- riven Middle English
- hrífa Old Norse
- rífa Old Norse
- løsrive Danish
- rive Danish
- rifa Icelandic
- ríva Faroese
- *riffilōn Old Dutch
- *rifillon, *riffilōn Old Dutch
- riva Old Swedish
- riva, rīva Old Swedish