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rifa.

a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent

4 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈrɪːva]
  1. a tear, a rip, a rift, a rent

    feminine
  2. a gap, a slit, a crack, a cleft, a fissure

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse rífa (“to tear apart”), Proto-Germanic *rīfaną, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”). Cognate with Scottish rive.

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