racu

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Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *rakō, from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rahha (“affair, cause, reason, account”).

Noun[edit]

racu f

  1. exposition, explanation, observation, account, narrative
  2. argument, reasoning; reason
  3. rhetoric
  4. comedy
  5. (personified) Reason
Declension[edit]
Declension of racu (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative racu raca, race
accusative race raca, race
genitive race raca
dative race racum
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Fem. form of Old English raca (“rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rakô (“rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rak- (“to gather, heap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rehho (“rake”) (German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel, spade”), Gothic rikan "to collect, heap up".

Noun[edit]

racu f

  1. rake
Declension[edit]
Declension of racu (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative racu raca, race
accusative race raca, race
genitive race raca
dative race racum
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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