rækja

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹɛaːʰtʃa]

rækja f (genitive singular rækju, plural rækjur)

1. shrimp
2. prawn

• IPA^(key): /ˈraiːca/

  Rhymes: -aiːca

From Old Norse rœkja, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

rækja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rækti, supine rækt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to attend to, to pursue, to perform

• rækt

20th century Norwegian borrowing, (two Norwegians in Ísafjörthur began shrimp-fishing in Iceland), the danish form lacking the consonant in the middle

rækja f (genitive singular rækju, nominative plural rækjur)

1. shrimp

• rækje (e-infinitive)

From Old Norse hrækja.

rækja (present tense rækjer, past tense rækte, past participle rækt, passive infinitive rækjast, present participle rækjande, imperative ræk)

1. (intransitive) to hawk, to expectorate

Presumably borrowing from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”).

rækja f (definite singular rækja, indefinite plural rækjer or rækjor, definite plural rækjene or rækjone)

1. shrimp; alternative form of reke
   • 1912, Charles Dickens, translated by Ola Raknes, David Copperfield. 1 – fyrste parten, page 125:

     tvo store humrar, eit havtroll av ein krabbe, og ein stor lerefts-pose med rækjor

     two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps