ρήγας

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Koine Greek ῥήξ (rhḗx, “king”), from Latin rēx (“king”).

The second meaning is a semantic loan from Italian re.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ρήγας • (rígas) m (plural ρηγάδες, feminine ρήγισσα)

  1. king in fairy tales
  2. (card games) king in a pack of playing cards
    Synonym: παπάς m (papás)

Declension

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Declension of ρήγας
singular plural
nominative ρήγας • ρηγάδες •
genitive ρήγα • ρηγάδων •
accusative ρήγα • ρηγάδες •
vocative ρήγα • ρηγάδες •

Descendants

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  • → Albanian: rig[2]
  • → Romanian: rigă

References

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  1. ^ “ρήγας”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rig”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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