*rōkijaną

Runic: ᚱᛟᚲᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈrɔː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to care, care for, take care of
  2. to mind, heed, attend to

Etymology

From *rōkaz (‘care’) + *-ijaną, the former from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁ǵ- (‘to help’) and compared with Ancient Greek ἀρήγω (arḗgō) (arḗgō, ‘to aid; to ward off’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularrōkijōrōkijaų–
2nd singularrōkīsirōkijaisrōkī
3rd singularrōkīþirōkijairōkijaþau
1st dualrōkijōsrōkijaiw–
2nd dualrōkijaþizrōkijaiþizrōkijaþiz
1st pluralrōkijamazrōkijaim–
2nd pluralrōkīþrōkijaiþrōkīþ
3rd pluralrōkijanþirōkijainrōkijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularrōkijai–
2nd singularrōkijasairōkijaisau
3rd singularrōkijaþairōkijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralrōkijanþairōkijainþau
2nd pluralrōkijanþairōkijainþau
3rd pluralrōkijanþairōkijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularrōkidǭrōkidēdį̄
2nd singularrōkidēzrōkidēdīz
3rd singularrōkidērōkidēdī
1st dualrōkidēdūrōkidēdīw
2nd dualrōkidēdudizrōkidēdīdiz
1st pluralrōkidēdumrōkidēdīm
2nd pluralrōkidēdudrōkidēdīd
3rd pluralrōkidēdunrōkidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
rōkijaną rōkijandz rōkidaz

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Descendants

  • *rōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ruoken (Old Dutch)
      • roeken (Middle Dutch)
        • roeken (Dutch)
  • *rōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • rēċan, rēċċan (Old English)
      • recchen (Middle English)
        • retch (English)
  • *rōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ruohhen, ruochen (Old High German)
      • ruochen, rūchen (Middle High German)
  • *rōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ruohhen, ruochen (Old High German)
      • giruohhen (Old High German)
        • geruochen (Middle High German)
          • geruhen (German)
  • *rōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • rōkian (Old Saxon)
      • rôken, rûken (Middle Low German)
        • roken, ruken (Low German)
  • rœkja (Old Norse)
    • rækja (Icelandic)
  • rœkja (Old Norse)
    • reken, rekken (Middle English)
      • reck (English)
      • rek, rak, rack (Scots)
  • rœkja (Old Norse)
  • *rookkidak (Proto-Finnic)

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