rak

See also: Rak, RAK, rák, Rák, râk, ra·k, and rąk

Breton

Conjunction

rak

because

Preposition

rak

before

Inflection

Personal forms of rak

singular		plural
1	razon	1	razomp
2	razout	2	razoc'h
3 m	razañ	3	razo
3 f	razi	3	razo
imp.	razor

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Noun

rak

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):
Rhymes: -ak

Noun

rak m anim

crayfish
(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

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rak/,

Noun

rak n (singular definite rakket, not used in plural form)

rabble, riffraff
Få så det rak væk! Det skræmmer kunderne væk.
Get that rabble away! It scares off the customers.

Verb

rak

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)

A straight section of a waterway.
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)

(nautical) A rack, a frame.
Synonym: rek

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)

A rope (often protected with wooden beads), chain or brace for fixing a spar to the mast.
Synonym: rek

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

rak

(transitive) to put, set
Synonyms: tesz, helyez, pakol

Conjugation

conjugation of rak

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	rakok	raksz	rak	rakunk	raktok	raknak
		Def.	rakom	rakod	rakja	rakjuk	rakjátok	rakják
		2nd-p. o.	raklak	―
	Past	Indef.	raktam	raktál	rakott	raktunk	raktatok	raktak
		Def.	raktam	raktad	rakta	raktuk	raktátok	rakták
		2nd-p. o.	raktalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. rakni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rakék	rakál	raka	rakánk	rakátok	rakának
		Def.	rakám	rakád	raká	rakánk	rakátok	rakák
		2nd-p. o.	rakálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. rak vala, rakott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rakandok	rakandasz	rakand	rakandunk	rakandotok	rakandanak
		Def.	rakandom	rakandod	rakandja	rakandjuk	rakandjátok	rakandják
		2nd-p. o.	rakandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	raknék	raknál	rakna	raknánk	raknátok	raknának
		Def.	raknám	raknád	rakná	raknánk (or raknók)	raknátok	raknák
		2nd-p. o.	raknálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rakott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	rakjak	rakj or rakjál	rakjon	rakjunk	rakjatok	rakjanak
		Def.	rakjam	rakd or rakjad	rakja	rakjuk	rakjátok	rakják
		2nd-p. o.	rakjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rakott légyen
Infinitive	rakni		raknom	raknod	raknia	raknunk	raknotok	rakniuk
Other forms	rakás		rakó	rakott	rakandó	rakva (rakván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of rak

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	rakhatok	rakhatsz	rakhat	rakhatunk	rakhattok	rakhatnak
		Def.	rakhatom	rakhatod	rakhatja	rakhatjuk	rakhatjátok	rakhatják
		2nd-p. o.	rakhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	rakhattam	rakhattál	rakhatott	rakhattunk	rakhattatok	rakhattak
		Def.	rakhattam	rakhattad	rakhatta	rakhattuk	rakhattátok	rakhatták
		2nd-p. o.	rakhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	rakhaték	rakhatál	rakhata	rakhatánk	rakhatátok	rakhatának
		Def.	rakhatám	rakhatád	rakhatá	rakhatánk	rakhatátok	rakhaták
		2nd-p. o.	rakhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. rakhat vala, rakhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rakhatandok or rakandhatok	rakhatandasz or rakandhatsz	rakhatand or rakandhat	rakhatandunk or rakandhatunk	rakhatandotok or rakandhattok	rakhatandanak or rakandhatnak
		Def.	rakhatandom or rakandhatom	rakhatandod or rakandhatod	rakhatandja or rakandhatja	rakhatandjuk or rakandhatjuk	rakhatandjátok or rakandhatjátok	rakhatandják or rakandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	rakhatandalak or rakandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	rakhatnék	rakhatnál	rakhatna	rakhatnánk	rakhatnátok	rakhatnának
		Def.	rakhatnám	rakhatnád	rakhatná	rakhatnánk (or rakhatnók)	rakhatnátok	rakhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	rakhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rakhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	rakhassak	rakhass or rakhassál	rakhasson	rakhassunk	rakhassatok	rakhassanak
		Def.	rakhassam	rakhasd or rakhassad	rakhassa	rakhassuk	rakhassátok	rakhassák
		2nd-p. o.	rakhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rakhatott légyen
Inf.	(rakhatni)		(rakhatnom)	(rakhatnod)	(rakhatnia)	(rakhatnunk)	(rakhatnotok)	(rakhatniuk)
Positive adjective			rakható	Neg. adj.	rakhatatlan	Adv. part.	(rakhatva / rakhatván)

Derived terms

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

References

^ Entry #850 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ rak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Anagrams

kar

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raːk/
Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

rak n (genitive singular raks, nominative plural rök)

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

Declension

declension of rak

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	rak	rakið	rök	rökin
accusative	rak	rakið	rök	rökin
dative	raki	rakinu	rökum	rökunum
genitive	raks	raksins	raka	rakanna

Synonyms

(wick): kveikur

Etymology 2

Verb

rak

first/third-person singular past indicative active of reka

Anagrams

ark, kar

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rak/

Noun

rak m animal

Declension

Declension of rak

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rak	raka	raki
Genitive	raka	rakowu	rakow
Dative	rakoju	rakoma	rakam
Accusative	raka	rakowu	raki, rakow
Instrumental	rakom	rakoma	rakami
Locative	raku	rakoma	rakach

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key):
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /rˠæk/
Bender phonemes: {rak}

Noun

rak

south
summer

Synonyms

jem̧ar (“summer”)

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare with Icelandic rakur

Adjective

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

salted and partially fermented (of fish)

Derived terms

rakfisk

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Compare with Icelandic rakur

Adjective

rak (neuter rakt, definite singular and plural rake)

salted and partially fermented (of fish)
straight

Derived terms

rakfisk

Etymology 2

Verb

rak

imperative of raka

References

“rak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

rak

first/third-person singular past active indicative of reka

Palauan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

rak

year

References

rak in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
rak in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
rak in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 285.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rak

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rak, from Proto-Slavic *ràkъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rak/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ak
Syllabification: rak

Noun

rak m animal (diminutive raczek)

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

Declension

Declension of rak

	singular	plural
nominative	rak	raki
genitive	raka	raków
dative	rakowi	rakom
accusative	raka	raki
instrumental	rakiem	rakami
locative	raku	rakach
vocative	raku	raki

Derived terms

adjectives

nouns

proper nouns

verb

rakowacieć impf

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

rȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏к, diminutive ràčić)

crab
cancer (astrology)
Ja sam rak u horoskopu. ― I am cancer in horoscope.
(colloquial) cancer (disease)
Imam rak dojke. ― I have breast cancer.

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of rak

	singular	plural
nominative	rȁk	ràkovi
genitive	raka	rakova
dative	raku	rakovima
accusative	raka	rakove
vocative	rače	rakovi
locative	raku	rakovima
instrumental	rakom	rakovima

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

rak

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

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

crayfish
(colloquial, archaic) cancer
Synonym: rakovina

Declension

Declension of rak

	singular	plural
nominative	rak	raky
genitive	raka	rakov
dative	rakovi	rakom
accusative	raka	raky
locative	rakovi	rakoch
instrumental	rakom	rakmi

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

rak (plural rɔɔk)

Shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa
the fruit of this tree, shea nut

References

Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Swedish

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Adjective

rak (comparative rakare, superlative rakast)

straight; unbent
straight; direct, frank
(internal combustion engines) straight

Declension

Inflection of rak
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	rak	rakare	rakast
Neuter singular	rakt	rakare	rakast
Plural	raka	rakare	rakast
Masculine plural³	rake	rakare	rakast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	rake	rakare	rakaste
All	raka	rakare	rakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

ark, kar

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

rak m animal

crayfish
cancer (disease)
Cancer

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia