rass

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German rāze, ræze, from Old High German rāzi (“tearing, raging, furious, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rātī, from Proto-Germanic *rētijaz, *rētaz (“biting, sharp”). Cognate with German räß, raß.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràss/

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Adjective

rass

1. sharp, tangy

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse rass, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, cognate to English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars, Norwegian rass, and Swedish arsle, arsel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasː/
• Rhymes: -asː

Noun

rass m (genitive singular rass, nominative plural rassar)

1. the buttocks, ass, arse, rump

   Synonyms: afturendi, bakhluti, bossi, sitjandi

   Hver kom við rassinn á mér?

   Who touched my ass?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• An article about the term rass (“buttocks”) at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English arse or English ass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːs/

Adjective

rass

1. (vulgar): bloody, damn, fucking, goddamn, goddamned

   I suppose him did tek de judge fe a rass eediat!

   I suppose he thought the judge was a fucking fool.

Derived terms

• rassclaat

References

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 466

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَصَّ (raṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ras/

Verb

rass (imperfect jross, past participle marsus)

1. (transitive) to squeeze
2. (intransitive) to press (oneself), to push, shove (as of people in a throng)

Conjugation

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːs/

Noun

rass m (genitive singular resh)

1. seed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rass (“behind, anus”), akin to ars, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos; compare Icelandic rass, English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars and Swedish arsle, arsel.

Noun

rass m (definite singular rassen, indefinite plural rassar, definite plural rassane)
rass n (definite singular rasset, indefinite plural rass, definite plural rassa)

1. buttocks, arse

Related terms

• rasshol

References

• “rass” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “rass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ars

Etymology

Metathesis of ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Whence also English arse.

Noun

rass m (genitive rass, plural rassar)

1. anus, posteriors

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: rass
• Faroese: rassur
• ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: rasshøl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rass

References

• “rass”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press