rasa

See also: Rasa, rása, rasā, rasă, rǡsa, řasa, and Raša

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रस (rasa, literally “juice; essence”). Doublet of rasam.

Noun

rasa (plural rasas)

1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

• rasabox
• rasic

Anagrams

• AARs, ARSA, ASAR, Aras, SAAR, Saar, Sara, aras, asar

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Balinese

Romanization

rasa

1. Romanization of ᬭᬲ
2. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬲ
3. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬣ

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Catalan

Etymology

From ras (“smooth”) +‎ -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈra.zə/

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.za/

Noun

rasa f (plural rases)

1. (construction) trench
2. ditch

   Synonym: escorranc

Further reading

• “rasa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Etymology

From German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrasa]
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rasy
genitive	rasy	ras
dative	rase	rasám
accusative	rasu	rasy
vocative	raso	rasy
locative	rase	rasách
instrumental	rasou	rasami

Related terms

• rasismus
• rasista
• rasistický
• rasový

Further reading

• rasa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rasa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Esperanto

Etymology

From ras- (“race”) +‎ -a.

Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

1. racial

Related terms

• rase (“racially”)

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Pali rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh). Doublet of raksa, raksi, and resi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.sa/

Noun

rasa (first-person possessive rasaku, second-person possessive rasamu, third-person possessive rasanya)

1. taste
2. feeling

Derived terms

• berasa
• berperasaan
• memperasakan
• merasa
• merasai
• merasakan
• merasa-rasai
• perasa
• perasaan
• rasanya
• rasa-rasanya
• serasa
• terasa
• terasakan

 

Further reading

• “rasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. inflection of rasare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Arsa, Sara, arsa, sarà

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Javanese

Romanization

rasa

1. Romanization of ꦫꦱ.

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Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. inflection of rāsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

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Latvian

Rasa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit रस (rása, “juice, liquid”), रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Latin rōs.

Noun

rasa f (4th declension)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)

   rīta rasa ― morning dew

   rasas lāses ― dew drops

   sasalusi rasa ― frozen dew

   samērcēt kājas rasā ― to soak one's feet in dew

2. very light rain, drizzle

   viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemu ― a light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village

3. tiny, dew-like drops

   pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasa ― on (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

Declension

Declension of rasa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rasa	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rasu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rasas	—
dative (datīvs)	rasai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rasu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	rasā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	rasa	—

Derived terms

• rasains

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

Noun

rasa f

1. dew

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Malay

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh).

Noun

rasa (Jawi spelling راس‎, plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, impolite 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)

1. taste, flavour
2. perception, sensation, feeling

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perasa [causative passive] (peR-)
• perasaan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• berperasa [causative passive + stative / habitual] (peR- + beR-)
• berperasaan [causative passive + stative / habitual + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + beR- + -an)
• merasakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• merasai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• terasa [agentless action] (teR-)
• berasa [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rasa

Etymology 2

See raksa.

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, informal 1st possessive rasaku, impolite 2nd possessive rasamu, 3rd possessive rasanya)

1. Alternative form of raksa (“quicksilver”)

Further reading

• “rasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rasene

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rasa

Verb

rasa (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rasa/ras)

1. alternative form of rase

References

• “rasa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Noun

rasa

1. sap, juice; taste, flavour
2. feeling, opinion, intention
3. content, substance, meaning
4. mercury

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦱ (rasa)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬲ, ᬭᬲ (rasa, “taste”)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬵᬣ (rasa, “love”)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• रस (Devanagari script)
• রস (Bengali script)
• රස (Sinhalese script)
• ရသ (Burmese script)
• รส or ระสะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣສ or ຣະສະ (Lao script)
• រស (Khmer script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रस (rása).

Noun

rasa m

1. taste, flavor
2. juice
3. mercury

Declension

Declension table of "rasa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raso	rasā
Accusative (second)	rasaṃ	rase
Instrumental (third)	rasena or rasasā	rasehi or rasebhi
Dative (fourth)	rasassa or rasāya or rasatthaṃ	rasānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rasasmā or rasamhā or rasā	rasehi or rasebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rasassa	rasānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rasasmiṃ or rasamhi or rase	rasesu
Vocative (calling)	rasa	rasā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ရသ (ra.sa.) (learned)
• → Khmer: រស (rŭəh) (learned)
• → Lao: ລົດ (lot, “flavour”) (learned)
• → Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) (learned)
• → Malay: rasa (learned)
  • Indonesian: rasa
• → Thai: รส (rót) (learned)

Further reading

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)
2. breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

Declension

Declension of rasa

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rasy
genitive	rasy	ras
dative	rasie	rasom
accusative	rasę	rasy
instrumental	rasą	rasami
locative	rasie	rasach
vocative	raso	rasy

Derived terms

• nierasowy
• rasista
• rasizm
• rasowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈʁa.zɐ/, [ˈha.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈʁa.zɐ/, [ˈha.zɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈʁa.zɐ/, [ˈχa.zɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈʁa.zɐ/, [ˈʁa.zɐ]

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -azɐ

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

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Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-rása (infinitive kurása, perfective -ráshe)

1. to shoot (with a weapon)
2. (of the sun) to rise

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râsa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rȁsa f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Declension of rasa

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rase
genitive	rase	rasa
dative	rasi	rasama
accusative	rasu	rase
vocative	raso	rase
locative	rasi	rasama
instrumental	rasom	rasama

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Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːsa/

Noun

rása f

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	rása
gen. sing.	ráse
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	rása	rási	ráse
accusative	ráso	rási	ráse
genitive	ráse	rás	rás
dative	rási	rásama	rásam
locative	rási	rásah	rásah
instrumental	ráso	rásama	rásami

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Spanish

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rasar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rasar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rasar.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)

1. (of a construction, a mine or a mountain wall) to collapse
2. (colloquial) to break down; to cease working
3. to express anger, to criticise

Conjugation

Conjugation of rasa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rasa		—
Supine	rasat		—
Imperative	rasa		—
Imper. plural1	rasen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rasar	rasade	—	—
Ind. plural1	rasa	rasade	—	—
Subjunctive2	rase	rasade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	rasande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• ras
• rasera

Anagrams

• Sara, asar

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/, [ˈɾasɐ]

Noun

rasa

1. race (people of the same ancestry)

   Synonym: lahi

2. breed; stock

   Synonyms: lipi, kasta

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Venetian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rēsīna.

Noun

rasa f (plural rase)

1. resin, viscous secretion of conifers
2. (figuratively) intrigue, scheme

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “rasa”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 553