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Rata
Ra′ta
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Rata
Rata
Translingual
Proper noun
Rata n
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Xanthoidea - superfamily; Xanthidae - family; Actaeinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rata chalcal, Rata tuamotense - species
rata
rata
English
Noun
rata (usually uncountable, plural ratas)
- (usually countable) Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros
- (usually uncountable) The hard dark red wood of such trees.
Etymology 2
Noun
rata (plural ratas)
- The mangosteen tree Garcinia dulcis of Indonesia.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
rata f (plural rates)
Derived terms
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *raþo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑtɑ/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ta
- Rhymes: -ɑtɑ
Noun
rata
- (rail transport) railroad track, line
- (sports) track, lane
- (curling) A sheet (area of ice on which one game of curling is played)
- An orbit (path of one object around another).
- A course (of life).
- A trajectory (path of a body as it travels through space).
Declension
| Inflection of rata (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
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| nominative | rata | radat | |
| genitive | radan | ratojen | |
| partitive | rataa | ratoja | |
| illative | rataan | ratoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rata | radat | |
| accusative | nom. | rata | radat |
| gen. | radan | ||
| genitive | radan | ratojen ratainrare |
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| partitive | rataa | ratoja | |
| inessive | radassa | radoissa | |
| elative | radasta | radoista | |
| illative | rataan | ratoihin | |
| adessive | radalla | radoilla | |
| ablative | radalta | radoilta | |
| allative | radalle | radoille | |
| essive | ratana | ratoina | |
| translative | radaksi | radoiksi | |
| instructive | — | radoin | |
| abessive | radatta | radoitta | |
| comitative | — | ratoineen | |
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rata, from Proto-Germanic *wratōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraːta/
- Rhymes: -aːta
Verb
rata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rataði, supine ratað)
- to find one’s way
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
- Vits er þörf
- þeim er víða ratar.
- Dælt er heima hvað.
- Að augabragði verður
- sá er ekki kann
- og með snotrum situr.
- Wits must he have
- who wanders wide,
- But all is easy at home;
- At the witless man
- the wise shall wink
- When among such men he sits.
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að rata | ||||
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| supine (sagnbót) |
ratað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ratandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég rata | við rötum | present (nútíð) |
ég rati | við rötum |
| þú ratar | þið ratið | þú ratir | þið ratið | ||
| hann, hún, það ratar | þeir, þær, þau rata | hann, hún, það rati | þeir, þær, þau rati | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég rataði | við rötuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég rataði | við rötuðum |
| þú rataðir | þið rötuðuð | þú rataðir | þið rötuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það rataði | þeir, þær, þau rötuðu | hann, hún, það rataði | þeir, þær, þau rötuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
rata (þú) | ratið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| rataðu | ratiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ratast | ||||
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| supine (sagnbót) |
ratast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ratandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses |
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| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég ratast | við rötumst | present (nútíð) |
ég ratist | við rötumst |
| þú ratast | þið ratist | þú ratist | þið ratist | ||
| hann, hún, það ratast | þeir, þær, þau ratast | hann, hún, það ratist | þeir, þær, þau ratist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég rataðist | við rötuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég rataðist | við rötuðumst |
| þú rataðist | þið rötuðust | þú rataðist | þið rötuðust | ||
| hann, hún, það rataðist | þeir, þær, þau rötuðust | hann, hún, það rataðist | þeir, þær, þau rötuðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
ratast (þú) | ratist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| ratastu | ratisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Javanese
Etymology 1
From Old Javanese ratā (“level place”).
Pronunciation
- (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ta
- (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ, -ɔ
- (Western) Rhymes: -ta, -a
Adjective
rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)
Adverb
rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)
- (distribution) evenly
- everywhere
Synonyms
- (evenly): wrata
- (everywhere): mratah
Etymology 2
From Old Javanese ratha (“chariot”), borrowing from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).
Pronunciation
- (Central, Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tɔ/
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈra.ta/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ta
- (Central, Eastern) Rhymes: -tɔ, -ɔ
- (Western) Rhymes: -ta, -a
Noun
rata (Javanese script ꦫꦠ)
- (literary) carriage
Synonyms
Ladin
Noun
rata f (plural rates)
Verb
rata
- third-person singular present indicative of rater
- third-person plural present indicative of rater
- second-person singular imperative of rater
Latin
Adjective
rata
- nominative feminine singular of ratus
- nominative neuter plural of ratus
- accusative neuter plural of ratus
- vocative feminine singular of ratus
- vocative neuter plural of ratus
ratā
- ablative feminine singular of ratus
Polish
Noun
rata f
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǎːta/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ta
Noun
ráta f (Cyrillic spelling ра́та)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin.
Noun
rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato)
- a rat
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hrata. Cognate with Icelandic hrata (“to lose balance”) and Old English hratian (“to hurry”).
Verb
rata
- to reject
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
- rata in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- rata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
Veps
Etymology
Borrowing from Russian страдать (stradatʹ)
Verb
rata
Inflection
| Inflection | |||
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| 1st infinitive | rata | ||
| present indic. | radab | ||
| past indic. | radoi | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | radan | radoin | — |
| 2nd singular | radad | radoid | rada |
| 3rd singular | radab | radoi | ? |
| 1st plural | radam | radoim | rakam |
| 2nd plural | radat | radoit | rakat |
| 3rd plural | ratas radaba |
radoiba | ? |
| sing. conneg.1 | rada | radand | rada |
| plur. conneg. | rakoi | ranugoi | rakoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | radaižin | ranuižin | radanen |
| 2nd singular | radaižid | ranuižid | radaned |
| 3rd singular | radaiži | ranuiži | radaneb |
| 1st plural | radaižim | ranuižim | radanem |
| 2nd plural | radaižit | ranuižit | radanet |
| 3rd plural | radaižiba | ranuižiba | radaneba |
| connegative | radaiži | ranuiži | radane |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | rata | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | rates | inessive | radamas |
| instructive | raten | illative | ? |
| participles | elative | radamaspäi | |
| present active | radai | adessive | radamal |
| past active | ranu | abessive | radamat |
| past passive | ratud | ||
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “возделывать, действовать, обработать, работать, трудиться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika