rakt

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Danish

Pronunciation

Verb

rakt

  1. past participle of række

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *rak-, from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, *erk- (to rip up, to rip open, to skin, to flay), from the stem *er- (loose, rare, sparse) (whence also Latvian irt “to disintegrate”). Cognate with Lithuanian ràkti (to dig) and rašýti (to write), Sanskrit ऋक्ण (ṛkṇa, Alternative form of वृक्ण (vṛkṇa, cut off or down, torn; a cut)) and its root व्रश्च् (vraśc, to cut down), Hittite (ark-, break, crumble); see also rakstīt (to write), from an iterative form of rakt.

Pronunciation

Verb

rakt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present roku, roc, rok, past raku)

  1. to dig
  2. to spade
  3. to shovel

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rakt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), volume 2, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, pages 102-3

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

Verb

rakt

  1. past participle of rekke (Etymology 3)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

Old Norse

Verb

rakt

  1. second-person singular past active indicative of reka

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑːkt/
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Adverb

rakt (not comparable)

  1. straight
    Antonym: snett (at an angle, obliquely)
    Boken som flyger rakt in i hjärtat
    The book that flies straight into your heart

Adjective

rakt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of rak

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