rá

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See also: rã, rá-, ra, Ra, RA, Rā, -ra, and Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rá

  1. indefinite feminine nominative singular of ráur
  2. indefinite neuter nominative plural of ráur
  3. indefinite neuter accusative plural of ráur

Hungarian[edit]

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Alternative forms[edit]

  • reá (archaic)
  • őrá (emphatic; only of human beings)

Etymology[edit]

Shortened from reá.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈraː]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -raː

Pronoun[edit]

rá

  1. upon/on/unto him/her/it
    Ne szórd rá a homokot! ― Don’t throw sand on her!
    Gondolsz néha rá? ― Do you ever think of him?
    Senki sem emlékszik rá. ― No one remembers her.

Usage notes[edit]

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with rá-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see rá-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of rá
person singular plural
1st rám / énrám ránk / miránk
2nd rád / terád rátok / tirátok
3rd rá, rája / őrá, őrája rájuk / őrájuk

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

rá

  1. Synonym of később, later (after -ra/-re for the amount of time passed; usually of days or longer periods)
    Húsz évre rá (= Húsz évvel később) ― Twenty years later

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ rá in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • rá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish rád (compare Scottish Gaelic ràdh), from the verb ráidid (“talks”), from Proto-Celtic *rādīti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“perform successfully”). Cognate with Sanskrit राध्नोति (rādhnoti, “succeeds”), Old Church Slavonic радити (raditi, “take care of, work”), Gothic 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rōdjan, “talk”), Lithuanian rodýti (“show”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rá m (genitive singular as substantive rá, genitive as verbal noun ráite, nominative plural ráite)

  1. verbal noun of abair
  2. saying, quote

Declension[edit]

As substantive:

Declension of rá

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rá ráite
Vocative a rá a ráite
Genitive rá ráite
Dative rá ráite

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rá na ráite
Genitive an rá na ráite
Dative leis an rá

don rá

leis na ráite

As verbal noun:

Declension of rá

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative rá
Vocative a rá
Genitive ráite
Dative rá

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an rá
Genitive an ráite
Dative leis an rá

don rá

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78

Further reading[edit]

Kaingang[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rá

  1. writing; text
  2. sign

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, cognate with English roe, German Reh. Cf. Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan) written on the 5th-century Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus.

Noun[edit]

rá f

  1. deer
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: rá
  • Faroese: rá
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rå
  • Old Swedish: rā
  • Danish: rå

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *rahō, cognate with Middle Low German rā, German Rah.

Noun[edit]

rá f (genitive rár, plural rár or ráar)

  1. sail-yard
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“something crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, cognate with Latvian ròka (“arm, hand”), Lithuanian rankà, Russian рука́ (ruká) and possibly also, via Gaulish, French branche (“branch”).

Noun[edit]

rá f

  1. corner, angle
Descendants[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier cái) rá • (𥯊)

  1. bamboo basket

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms
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