rena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rena"

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeːna/
• Rhymes: -eːna

Verb

rena (third person singular past indicative rendi, third person plural past indicative rent, supine rent)

1. (transitive) to stick [with accusative]

   rena knívin í eitt

   to stick one's knife into something

Conjugation

Conjugation of rena (group v-1)
infinitive	rena
supine	rent
participle (a7)1	renandi	rendur
	present	past
first singular	reni	rendi
second singular	renir	rendi
third singular	renir	rendi
plural	rena	rendu
	imperative
singular	ren!
plural	renið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

References

• "rena" at Sprotin.fo

Italian

Alternative forms

• arena

Etymology

From Latin arēna. Initial a- was lost, either through simple apheresis or, more probably, through rebracketing of l’arena to la rena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ré‧na

Noun

rena f (countable and uncountable, plural rene)

1. (literary or dialectal) sand

   Synonym: sabbia

Related terms

• reniccio
• renoso

Anagrams

• Nera, nare, nera, rane

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• रेन (Devanagari script)
• রেন (Bengali script)
• රෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ရေန or ရေၼ (Burmese script)
• เรน or เรนะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຣນ or ເຣນະ (Lao script)
• រេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

rena

1. instrumental singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: re‧na

Noun

rena m

1. genitive singular of ren (reindeer)
2. accusative singular of ren (reindeer)

Portuguese

rena (Rangifer tarandus)

Etymology

Borrowed from French renne (“reindeer”), from Swedish ren (“reindeer”), from Old Norse hreinn (“reindeer”), from Proto-Germanic *hrinda- (“reindeer”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn, upper part of the head”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈhẽ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/ [ˈχẽ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.na/ [ˈhe.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧na

Noun

rena f (plural renas)

1. reindeer

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rena (Cyrillic spelling рена)

1. genitive singular of ren

Swedish

Etymology

ren +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rena

1. inflection of ren:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

rena (present renar, preterite renade, supine renat, imperative rena)

1. to purify, to remove impurities from
2. to purify; to free someone from guilt or sin (motivated by religion)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rena		renas
Supine	renat		renats
Imperative	rena		—
Imper. plural1	renen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	renar	renade	renas	renades
Ind. plural1	rena	renade	renas	renades
Subjunctive2	rene	renade	renes	renades
	Participles
Present participle	renande
Past participle	renad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rengöra
• rening
• rensa
• rentvå

See also

• rena rama

References

• rena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -erna, Arne, Enar, Erna, aren, enar, eran, rean