rak

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See also: Rak, RAK, rák, Rák, râk, ra·k, and rąk

Breton[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

rak

  1. because

Preposition[edit]

rak

  1. before

Inflection[edit]

  Personal forms of rak  
singular plural
1 razon 1 razomp
2 razout 2 razoc'h
3 m razañ 3 razo
3 f razi
imp. razor

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Noun[edit]

rak

  1. cancer

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak
singular plural
nominative rak raklar
genitive raknıñ raklarnıñ
dative rakqa raklarğa
accusative raknı raklarnı
locative rakta raklarda
ablative raktan raklardan

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “rak”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech rak, from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak m anim

  1. crayfish
  2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer
    Synonym: rakovina

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative rak raci
genitive raka raků
dative rakovi, raku rakům
accusative raka raky
vocative raku raci
locative rakovi, raku racích
instrumental rakem raky

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • rak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • rak in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak n (singular definite rakket, not used in plural form)

  1. rabble, riffraff
    Få så det rak væk! Det skræmmer kunderne væk.
    Get that rabble away! It scares off the customers.

Verb[edit]

rak

  1. imperative of rakke

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to rekken.

Noun[edit]

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

  1. A straight section of a waterway.
  2. A straight distance or section that one traverses by sailing.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch rac. Variant of rek. Possibly related to etymology 1.

Noun[edit]

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

  1. (nautical) A rack, a frame.
    Synonym: rek

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Dutch *rak, from Old Dutch *rak, from Proto-West Germanic *rak, from Proto-Germanic *raką (“cord, chain”). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German rak (“parrel”), from Old Saxon *rak, from the same West Germanic source above.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

  1. A rope (often protected with wooden beads), chain or brace for fixing a spar to the mast.
    Synonym: rek

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *rakkɜ- (“to make, prepare, build”). Cognates include Finnish rakentaa.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒk]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb[edit]

rak

  1. (transitive) to put, set
    Synonyms: tesz, helyez, pakol

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of rak
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. rakok raksz rak rakunk raktok raknak
Def. rakom rakod rakja rakjuk rakjátok rakják
2nd-p. o. raklak ―
Past Indef. raktam raktál rakott raktunk raktatok raktak
Def. raktam raktad rakta raktuk raktátok rakták
2nd-p. o. raktalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. rakni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. rakék rakál raka rakánk rakátok rakának
Def. rakám rakád raká rakánk rakátok rakák
2nd-p. o. rakálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rak vala, rakott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. rakandok rakandasz rakand rakandunk rakandotok rakandanak
Def. rakandom rakandod rakandja rakandjuk rakandjátok rakandják
2nd-p. o. rakandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. raknék raknál rakna raknánk raknátok raknának
Def. raknám raknád rakná raknánk
(or raknók) 		raknátok raknák
2nd-p. o. raknálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rakott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. rakjak rakj or
rakjál 		rakjon rakjunk rakjatok rakjanak
Def. rakjam rakd or
rakjad 		rakja rakjuk rakjátok rakják
2nd-p. o. rakjalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rakott légyen
Infinitive rakni raknom raknod raknia raknunk raknotok rakniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
rakás rakó rakott rakandó rakva (rakván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of rak
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. rakhatok rakhatsz rakhat rakhatunk rakhattok rakhatnak
Def. rakhatom rakhatod rakhatja rakhatjuk rakhatjátok rakhatják
2nd-p. o. rakhatlak ―
Past Indef. rakhattam rakhattál rakhatott rakhattunk rakhattatok rakhattak
Def. rakhattam rakhattad rakhatta rakhattuk rakhattátok rakhatták
2nd-p. o. rakhattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. rakhaték rakhatál rakhata rakhatánk rakhatátok rakhatának
Def. rakhatám rakhatád rakhatá rakhatánk rakhatátok rakhaták
2nd-p. o. rakhatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. rakhat vala, rakhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. rakhatandok
or rakandhatok 		rakhatandasz
or rakandhatsz 		rakhatand
or rakandhat 		rakhatandunk
or rakandhatunk 		rakhatandotok
or rakandhattok 		rakhatandanak
or rakandhatnak
Def. rakhatandom
or rakandhatom 		rakhatandod
or rakandhatod 		rakhatandja
or rakandhatja 		rakhatandjuk
or rakandhatjuk 		rakhatandjátok
or rakandhatjátok 		rakhatandják
or rakandhatják
2nd-p. o. rakhatandalak
or rakandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. rakhatnék rakhatnál rakhatna rakhatnánk rakhatnátok rakhatnának
Def. rakhatnám rakhatnád rakhatná rakhatnánk
(or rakhatnók) 		rakhatnátok rakhatnák
2nd-p. o. rakhatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rakhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. rakhassak rakhass or
rakhassál 		rakhasson rakhassunk rakhassatok rakhassanak
Def. rakhassam rakhasd or
rakhassad 		rakhassa rakhassuk rakhassátok rakhassák
2nd-p. o. rakhassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rakhatott légyen
Inf. (rakhatni) (rakhatnom) (rakhatnod) (rakhatnia) (rakhatnunk) (rakhatnotok) (rakhatniuk)
Positive adjective rakható Neg. adj. rakhatatlan Adv. part. (rakhatva / rakhatván)

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ Entry #850 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ rak 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]

  • rak 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]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse rak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak n (genitive singular raks, nominative plural rök)

  1. wick (of a candle)
  2. (chiefly in the plural) raking (quantity of hay)
Declension[edit]
declension of rak
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rak rakið rök rökin
accusative rak rakið rök rökin
dative raki rakinu rökum rökunum
genitive raks raksins raka rakanna
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rak

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of reka

Anagrams[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak m animal

  1. crustacean
  2. cancer
  3. Cancer

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rak raka raki
Genitive raka rakowu rakow
Dative rakoju rakoma rakam
Accusative raka rakowu raki, rakow
Instrumental rakom rakoma rakami
Locative raku rakoma rakach

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “rak”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “rak”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak

  1. south
  2. summer

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare with Icelandic rakur

Adjective[edit]

rak (masculine and feminine rak, neuter rakt, definite singular and plural rake)

  1. salted and partially fermented (of fish)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare with Icelandic rakur

Adjective[edit]

rak (neuter rakt, definite singular and plural rake)

  1. salted and partially fermented (of fish)
  2. straight
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rak

  1. imperative of raka

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

rak

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of reka

Palauan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

rak

  1. year

References[edit]

  • rak in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • rak in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • rak in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 285.

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish rak, from Proto-Slavic *ràkъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak m animal (diminutive raczek)

  1. cancer (disease)
  2. crayfish (term also used for certain other crustaceans)
  3. crampon (spike on a boot used for ice climbing)

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak
singular plural
nominative rak raki
genitive raka raków
dative rakowi rakom
accusative raka raki
instrumental rakiem rakami
locative raku rakach
vocative raku raki

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns
proper nouns
verb

Further reading[edit]

  • rak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun[edit]

rȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏к, diminutive ràčić)

  1. crab
  2. cancer (astrology)
    Ja sam rak u horoskopu. ― I am cancer in horoscope.
  3. (colloquial) cancer (disease)
    Imam rak dojke. ― I have breast cancer.

Usage notes[edit]

Rak can also be declined inanimated, if used for the disease.

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak
singular plural
nominative rȁk ràkovi
genitive raka rakova
dative raku rakovima
accusative raka rakove
vocative rače rakovi
locative raku rakovima
instrumental rakom rakovima

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak m inan (genitive singular raka, nominative plural raky, genitive plural rakov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. crayfish
  2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer
    Synonym: rakovina

Declension[edit]

Declension of rak
singular plural
nominative rak raky
genitive raka rakov
dative rakovi rakom
accusative raka raky
locative rakovi rakoch
instrumental rakom rakmi

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “rak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Southwestern Dinka[edit]

Noun[edit]

rak (plural rɔɔk)

  1. Shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa
  2. the fruit of this tree, shea nut

References[edit]

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[2], 2005

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rak (comparative rakare, superlative rakast)

  1. straight; unbent
  2. straight; direct, frank
  3. (internal combustion engines) straight

Declension[edit]

Inflection of rak
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular rak rakare rakast
Neuter singular rakt rakare rakast
Plural raka rakare rakast
Masculine plural3 rake rakare rakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 rake rakare rakaste
All raka rakare rakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun[edit]

rak m animal

  1. crayfish
  2. cancer (disease)
  3. Cancer

Further reading[edit]

  • “rak” in Soblex
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