riva

riva

1. third-person singular past historic of river

• ravi, vair, vira, vrai

• ripa (dated, regional, or literary)

From Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”). Doublet of ripa.

riva f (plural rive)

1. bank, shore

• riviera

• vari, vira

rīvā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of rīvō

• riva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• riven

riva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rive

• IPA^(key): /²riːʋɑ/

riva f

1. definite singular of rive

From Old Norse rífa, hrífa.

• rive

riva (present tense riv, past tense reiv, past participle rive, present participle rivande, imperative riv)

1. to tear

   Ho reiv opp konvolutten.

   She tore the envelope open.

2. to grate

   Riv litt ost på toppen.

   Grate some cheese on top.

3. to demolish

   Me skal riva dette huset.

   We are going to demolish this house.

• “riva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

riva

1. to tear, rend
2. to devour
3. to plunder

• Swedish: riva

riva

1. good

From Old Norse hrífa.

• IPA^(key): [ʁèɪʋa]

riva f

1. a rake

riva f (Cyrillic spelling рива)

1. bank, shore

• rivijera

From Old Swedish rīva, from Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.

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riva

1. to tear, to rip
2. to grate
3. to scratch, especially as hard as to make marks
4. to destruct (a building)

• (scratch): klia, skrapa

• avrivning
• nedriva
• riva av
• riva isär
• riva itu
• rivning
• uppriva

From English river.

riva

1. river