растак

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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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Related to ра́стък (rástǎk), composed of раста́ (rastá) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

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раста́к (rastákm

  1. (dialect) sprout, sproutling
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Etymology 2

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Possibly related to ръст (rǎst, stature) (which was traditionally also used as a unit of measurement). The specific value of 3 arshins (204 cm) / 7 feet could make the relationship with the human height harder to explain, as this would be much taller than the average, is however not unseen, compare the size of Arabic قَامَة (qāma) of 199.5 cm from قَامَ (qāma, to stand up). Also related to раста́ (rastá) as etymology 1.

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ра́стак (rástakm

  1. (obsolete) A unit of measure, equivalent to 3 arshins. Also equivalent to 7 стъ́пки (stǎ́pki, feet).
    • 1869, Георгый Я. Кырковъ, Броителница за пьрвоначялны ученици, Plovdiv: Д.В. Манчевъ, page 44:
      тыя дъскы захващать на длъжинѫ 3 аршина или единъ растакъ
      tyja dǎsky zahvaštatʹ na dlǎžinǫ 3 aršina ili edin rastak
      these planks encompass an area of 3 arshins, or one rastak
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References

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  • растак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “раста̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 186

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Adverb

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раста́к (rasták)

  1. (mildly vulgar) expresses that the speaker reckons a result consequential and has no emotional investment herefore, usually following a demonstrative pronoun in the clause, hell if I care