rak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rak"

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Symbol

rak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tulu-Bohuai.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tulu-Bohuai terms

Breton

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Conjunction

rak

1. because

Preposition

rak

1. before

Inflection

Personal forms of rak

		singular	plural
1st person		razon	razomp
2nd person		razout	razoc'h
3rd person	m	razañ	razo
	f	razi
impersonal		razor

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Noun

rak

1. cancer

Declension

Declension of rak

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

References

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

rak

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrak]
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

rak m anim (relational adjective račí, diminutive ráček)

1. crayfish
2. (colloquial, archaic) cancer

   Synonym: rakovina

Declension

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

• račí

See also

• humr
• Rak

Further reading

• “rak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rak/, [ʁɑɡ̊]

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

Noun

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

rak

1. imperative of rakke

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Related to rekken.

Noun

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

• Damrak

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rak n (plural rakken, diminutive rakje n)

1. (nautical) a rack, a frame

   Synonym: rek

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rak

Etymology 3

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

• rek

Noun

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