raca

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See also: raça, râcă, and Râca

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥακά (rhaká), from Aramaic רֵיקָא (rēqā, “worthless person”) or Classical Syriac ܪܝܩܐ (rēqā, “vanity”).

Interjection

raca (Ecclesiastical Latin)

  1. idiot!, putz!
    • 4th C. CE, Saint Jerome, Vulgate, Matthew 5:22:
      Quī autem dīxerit frātrī suō, raca!, reus erit conciliō.
      And whoever says to his brother, idiot!, shall be liable to answer to the council.
    • 397 CE, Tyrannius Rufinus (translator), Instituta Monachorum, question 145, original author: Basil of Caesarea, in Patrologia Latina (volume 103), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1851, column 538:
      Quid est raca? Respōnsum: Prōvinciālis, id est, gentīlis illīus sermō est velut convīciī leviōris, quod domesticīs et hīs quōrum fīdūciam quis gerit, dīcī solet.
      What is raca? The answer: A provincial, that is, a pagan word used for example as a mild insult, which is usually said to servants and to those who rely on you.

Noun

raca n (indeclinable) (Ecclesiastical Latin, hapax)

  1. (metonymically) the act of calling someone ‘raca’.
    • c. 393 CE, Saint Jerome, Against Jovinianus 2.31, in Patrologia Latina (volume 23), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1883, column 342:
      Dē eō autem quod nīteris approbāre, convīcium et homicīdium, raca et adulterium, et ōtiōsum sermōnem, et impietātem ūnō suppliciō repēnsārī,
      As to the fact that you argue that an insult and a murder, calling somebody a putz and adultery, idle talk and impiety should be rewarded with the same punishment,

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“rake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

raca m

  1. rake
    Synonym: racu

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian razzo, from Latin radius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.t͡sa/
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  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Syllabification: ra‧ca

Noun

raca f

  1. flare
  2. firework
    Synonyms: fajerwerk, sztuczne ognie

Declension

Declension of raca
singular plural
nominative raca race
genitive racy rac
dative racy racom
accusative racę race
instrumental racą racami
locative racy racach
vocative raco race

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Possibly from Albanian rosë.

Pronunciation

Noun

ráca f

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ráca
gen. sing. ráce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ráca ráci ráce
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ráce rác rác
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ráci rácama rácam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ráco ráci ráce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ráci rácah rácah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ráco rácama rácami

Further reading

  • “raca”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

raca

  1. (stative) to be torn

Conjugation

Conjugation of raca
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toraca foraca miraca
2nd noraca niraca
3rd Masculine oraca iraca, yoraca†
Feminine moraca
Neuter iraca
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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