riik

== Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German riek, Swedish rike or Old Swedish rīke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriːk/, [ˈriːkˑ] Hyphenation: riik Rhymes: -iːk === Noun === riik (genitive riigi, partitive riiki) state, country, polity government (mostly the Estonian government) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== riiklik ==== Descendants ==== → Ingrian: riikki === Further reading === “riik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “riik”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN riik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)