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Rak

Rak

See also: rak, RAK, rák, Rák, râk, and ra·k

Czech

Noun

Rak m

  1. Cancer (constellation)
  2. Cancer (astrological sign)
  3. a person born with the astrological sign of Cancer

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rak]

Proper noun

Rak m

  1. (astronomy) Cancer, a constellation
  2. Cancer, an astrological sign

Declension

rak

rak

See also: Rak, RAK, rák, Rák, râk, and ra·k

Breton

Preposition

rak

  1. before

Crimean Tatar

Noun

rak

  1. cancer

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

rak m

  1. crayfish

Declension

See also

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rak/, [ʁɑɡ̊]

Noun

rak n (singular definite rakket, not used in plural form)

  1. rabble, riffraff

Verb

rak

  1. imperative of rakke

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Proto-Finno-Ugric *rakkɜ- ‎(“to make, prepare, build”). Cognates include Finnish rakentaa. [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒk]

Verb

rak

  1. (transitive) to put, set

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Compound words):

(With verbal prefixes):

  • alárak
  • átrak
  • berak
  • belerak
  • egyberak
  • elrak
  • előrerak
  • felrak
  • fölrak
  • félrerak
  • hátrarak
  • hazarak
  • helyrerak
  • hozzárak
  • iderak
  • kirak
  • rárak
  • széjjelrak
  • szétrak
  • telerak
  • újrarak
  • végigrak
  • visszarak

References

  1. ↑ Entry #850 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːk/
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

rak n ‎(genitive singular raks, nominative plural rök)

  1. wick (of a candle)
  2. (chiefly plural) raking (quantity of hay)

Declension

Synonyms

Anagrams

Lojban

Rafsi

rak

  1. rafsi of sraku.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rak/

Noun

rak m

  1. crustacean
  2. cancer
  3. Cancer

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rak/

Noun

rak m anim

  1. cancer (disease)
  2. crayfish (term also used for certain other crustaceans)
  3. crampon (spike on a boot used for ice climbing)

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

rȁk m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ра̏к)

  1. crab
  2. cancer (astrology)
    Ja sam rak u horoskopu.
  3. cancer (disease)
    Imam rak.

Declension

Usage notes

Rak can also be declined inanimated, if used for the disease.

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

rak m ‎(genitive singular raka, nominative plural raky, declension pattern of dub)

  1. crayfish
  2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer

Declension

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

rak (comparative rakare, superlative rakast)

  1. straight; unbent
  2. straight; direct, frank
  3. (internal combustion engines) straight

Declension

Inflection of rak
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular rak rakare rakast
Neuter singular rakt rakare rakast
Plural raka rakare rakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 rake rakare rakaste
All raka rakare rakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Anagrams

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

rak m

  1. crayfish
  2. cancer (disease)
  3. Cancer

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