/ˈrihlɑ/, [ˈriçlɑ̝]
OriginBorrowed from dialectal Swedish rifla (compare standard Swedish räffla, Danish riffel), from Low German riffel (compare archaic Dutch rijfelen), originally a frequentative derivation tracing back to Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.
- riffle (cleat or groove in the bottom of a sluice box, causing the heavy particles such as pieces of gold to fall to the bottom of the box while the lighter particles are flushed away with water)
- rifle (one of the grooves inside the barrel of a firearm that improve its range and accuracy)
- in-pluralrifling (grooves in a gun barrel)
- in-pluraldress (system of furrows on the face of a millstone)
Formsrihla(nominative, singular) · rihlat(nominative, plural) · rihla(accusative, nominative, singular) · rihlat(accusative, nominative, plural) · rihlan(accusative, genitive, singular) · rihlat(accusative, genitive, plural) · rihlan(genitive, singular) · rihlojen(genitive, plural) · rihlain(genitive, plural, rare) · rihlaa(partitive, singular) · rihloja(partitive, plural) · rihlassa(inessive, singular) · rihloissa(inessive, plural) · rihlasta(elative, singular) · rihloista(elative, plural) · rihlaan(illative, singular) · rihloihin(illative, plural) · rihlalla(adessive, singular) · rihloilla(adessive, plural) · rihlalta(ablative, singular)