rasa

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rása, literally “juice; essence”).

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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Czech

Etymology

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

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 m
• rasista
• rasový

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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

Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.sa/

Noun

rasa

1. feeling

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Italian

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

Verb

rasa

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

Anagrams

• arsa, Sara, sarà

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Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. nominative feminine singular of rāsus
2. nominative neuter plural of rāsus
3. accusative neuter plural of rāsus
4. vocative feminine singular of rāsus
5. vocative neuter plural of rāsus

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

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Latvian

Rasa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróseh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian rasà, Old Church Slavonic роса (rosa), Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian роса (rosa), Upper Sorbian, Czech, Polish rosa, 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 *Hróseh₂.

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 (plural rasa-rasa, third person possessive rasanya)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, third person possessive rasanya)

1. Alternative form of raksa (“quicksilver”)

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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 ras/rasa)

1. alternative form of rase

References

• “rasa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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/

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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

 

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aza

Adjective

rasa

1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

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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): /ˈràːsa/
• Tonal orthography: rása

Noun

rása f (genitive ráse, nominative plural ráse)

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

Declension

Declension of rása (feminine, a-stem)

	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 adjective raso.

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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	—
Present tense	rasar	—
Past tense	rasade	—
Supine	rasat	—
Imperative	rasa	—
Present participle	rasande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• ras
• rasera