рак

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

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Noun

рак (rakm animal (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́кі, genitive plural ра́каў)

  1. crawfish, crayfish

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Derived terms

Noun

рак (rakm inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable)

  1. (pathology) cancer

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Derived terms

References

  • рак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

рак (rakm

  1. crawfish, crayfish
  2. crab
  3. (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
  4. a Cancer (person with the zodiac sign)

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References

  • рак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • рак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Eastern Khanty

Рак.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

рак (rak) (Surgut)

  1. flour

References

  • Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects, University of Munich
  • Volkova, A. N., Solovar, V. N. (2018) “рак”, in Хантыйско-русский тематический словарь (сургутский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Thematic Dictionary (Surgut dialect)]‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: РГПУ имени А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 158

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

рак (rakm

  1. crab
  2. (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Cancer

Declension

See also

Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text)
о́вен (óven) бик (bik) бли́знаци (blíznaci) рак (rak)
лав (lav) де́вица (dévica) ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) ско́рпија (skórpija)
стре́лец (strélec) ја́рец (járec) водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) ри́би (ríbi)

References

  • рак”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎ (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
  • рак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

рак (rakm anim or m inan (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural ра́ков, relational adjective ра́чий or ра́ковый, diminutive рачо́к)

  1. crawfish, crayfish
    Е́хал Гре́ка через ре́ку,
    ви́дит Гре́ка в ре́ке ра́к,
    су́нул Гре́ка в ре́ку ру́ку,
    ра́к за ру́ку Гре́ку — ца́п!
    (Russian tongue twister)
    Jéxal Gréka čerez réku,
    vídit Gréka v réke rák,
    súnul Gréka v réku rúku,
    rák za rúku Gréku — cáp!
    Across the river Greka rode,
    In the river Greka sees a crawdad,
    In the river Greka stuck his hand,
    At Greka's hand the crawdad goes snap!
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Cancer
  3. (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
    рак пе́чениrak péčeniliver cancer
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Descendants
  • Armenian: ռակ (ṙak)
  • Ingrian: raakka
  • Kildin Sami: ра̄һк (rāhk)
  • Yiddish: ראַק (rak)
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Etymology 2

Noun

рак (rakf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ра́ка (ráka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

ра̏к m (Latin spelling rȁk)

  1. crab
  2. cancer

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

рак (rakm animal (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural ра́ків, relational adjective ра́чачий, diminutive рачо́к)

  1. crawfish, crayfish

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Noun

рак (rakm inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable, relational adjective ра́ковий)

  1. (pathology) cancer

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References