rak

rak

1. because

rak

1. before

From a Slavic language.

rak

1. cancer

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrak]
• Rhymes: -ak

rak m

1. crayfish
2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer

   Synonym: rakovina

• račí

• humr
• Rak

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

• IPA^(key): /rak/, [ʁɑɡ̊]

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.

rak

1. imperative of rakke

• IPA^(key): /rɑk/
• Hyphenation: rak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Related to rekken.

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.

• Damrak

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

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

1. (nautical) A rack, a frame.

   Synonym: rek

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒk]

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• Rhymes: -ɒk

rak

1. (transitive) to put, set

   Synonyms: tesz, helyez, pakol

(With verbal prefixes):

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

• kar

From Old Norse rak.

• IPA^(key): /raːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

rak n (genitive singular raks, nominative plural rök)

1. wick (of a candle)
2. (chiefly in the plural) raking (quantity of hay)

• (wick): kveikur

rak

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

• ark, kar

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

• IPA^(key): /rak/

rak m

1. crustacean
2. cancer
3. Cancer

• 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

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [rˠɑk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /rˠæk/
• Bender phonemes: {rak}

rak

1. south
2. summer

• jem̧ar (“summer”)

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Compare with Icelandic rakur

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

1. (of fish) salted and partially fermented

• rakfisk

• “rak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rak_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Compare with Icelandic rakur

rak (neuter rakt, definite singular and plural rake)

1. (of fish) salted and partially fermented
2. straight

• rakfisk

rak

1. imperative of raka

• “rak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

rak

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

Inherited from Old Polish rak, from Proto-Slavic *ràkъ. Further etymology disputed. According to one hypothesis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rṓˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *wre-h₃kʷo-s (“looking backwards”)

• IPA^(key): /rak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: rak

rak m anim (diminutive raczek)

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

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

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

rȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏к)

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.

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

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

• IPA^(key): [rak]

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

1. crayfish
2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer

   Synonym: rakovina

• homár m
• Rak
• rakovina
• račí
• ráčik

• rak in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

rak (plural rɔɔk)

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

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

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rak (comparative rakare, superlative rakast)

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

• rak in Svensk ordbok.

• ark, kar

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

rak m

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

• “rak” in Soblex

From räka.

rak n (definite rakjä)

1. debris on the water

rak

1. preterite singular indicative of räka