Latvian

Proper noun

Rasa f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Rasa was the only given name of 424 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

English

Noun

rasa ‎(plural rasas)

1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

• rasabox
• rasic

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس ‎(raʾs, “head”).

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Related terms

• rasismus m
• rasista
• rasový

Esperanto

Adjective

rasa ‎(accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

1. racial

Related terms

• rase ‎(“racially”)
• raso ‎(“race”)

French

Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit रस ‎(rasa).

Noun

rasa

1. feeling

Italian

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular present indicative of rasare
2. second-person singular imperative of rasare

Anagrams

• arsa, Sara, sarà

Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. nominative feminine singular of rāsus
2. nominative neuter plural of rāsus
3. accusative neuter plural of rāsus
4. vocative feminine singular of rāsus
5. vocative neuter plural of rāsus

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

Latvian

Rasa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian rasà, Old Church Slavonic роса ‎(rosa), Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian роса ‎(rosá), Upper Sorbian, Czech, Polish rosa, Sanskrit रस ‎(rásaḥ, “juice, liquid”), रसा ‎(rasā́, “moisture, humidity”), Latin rōs.^[1]

Noun

rasa f (4th declension)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)

   rīta rasa‎ ― morning dew

   rasas lāses‎ ― dew drops

   sasalusi rasa‎ ― frozen dew

   samērcēt kājas rasā‎ ― to soak one's feet in dew

2. very light rain, drizzle

   viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemu‎ ― a light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village

3. tiny, dew-like drops

   pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasa‎ ― on (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

Declension

Derived terms

• rasains

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rasa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Hroseh₂.

Noun

rasa f

1. dew

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس ‎(raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)
2. breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

Declension

Derived terms

• rasista
• rasizm
• rasowy
• nierasowy

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aza

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس ‎(raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râsa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rȁsa f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowing from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس ‎(raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈràːsa/
• Tonal orthography: rása

Noun

rása f ‎(genitive ráse, nominative plural ráse)

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa ‎(present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)

1. of a construction, a mine or a mountain wall: to collapse
2. (colloquial) to break down; to cease working
3. to express anger, to criticise

Conjugation

Related terms

• ras
• rasera