растак

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈstak]

Noun

раста́к • (rasták) m

1. (dialect) sprout, sproutling

Declension

Declension of раста́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	раста́к rasták	раста́ци rastáci
definite (subject form)	раста́кът rastákǎt	раста́ците rastácite
definite (object form)	раста́ка rastáka
count form	—	раста́ка rastáka

Alternative forms

• ра́стък (rástǎk), расто́к (rastók)

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrastɐk]

Noun

ра́стак • (rástak) m

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

Declension

Declension of ра́стак

	singular	plural
indefinite	ра́стак rástak	ра́стаци rástaci
definite (subject form)	ра́стакът rástakǎt	ра́стаците rástacite
definite (object form)	ра́стака rástaka
count form	—	ра́стака rástaka

Alternative forms

• ра́стакъ (rástak) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

References

• “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), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 186

Russian

Alternative forms

• раста́къ (rasták) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈstak]

Adverb

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