rák

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *rakъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian rak, Slovak rak, Russian рак (rak).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

rák (countable and uncountable, plural rákok)

  1. crab, lobster
  2. (medicine, oncology) cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled and often rapid proliferation)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rák rákok
accusative rákot rákokat
dative ráknak rákoknak
instrumental rákkal rákokkal
causal-final rákért rákokért
translative rákká rákokká
terminative rákig rákokig
essive-formal rákként rákokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rákban rákokban
superessive rákon rákokon
adessive ráknál rákoknál
illative rákba rákokba
sublative rákra rákokra
allative rákhoz rákokhoz
elative rákból rákokból
delative rákról rákokról
ablative ráktól rákoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		ráké rákoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		rákéi rákokéi
Possessive forms of rák
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rákom rákjaim
2nd person sing. rákod rákjaid
3rd person sing. rákja rákjai
1st person plural rákunk rákjaink
2nd person plural rákotok rákjaitok
3rd person plural rákjuk rákjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words with the sense “crab”):
(Compound words with the sense “cancer”):

References

  1. ^ rák 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.)

Further reading

  • (crab): rák in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (cancer): rák in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rēkō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rák f (genitive singular rákar, nominative plural rákir)

  1. streak, stripe

Declension

Declension of rák (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rák rákin rákir rákirnar
accusative rák rákina rákir rákirnar
dative rák rákinni rákum rákunum
genitive rákar rákarinnar ráka rákanna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

rák f

  1. strip, stripe
  2. furrow
  3. small mountain ravine
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