From Proto-Slavic *rěka.
рака́ • (raká) f inan (genitive ракі́, nominative plural рэ́кі, genitive plural рэк, relational adjective рэ́чны, diminutive рэ́чка)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | рака́ raká |
рэ́кі réki |
| genitive | ракі́ rakí |
рэк rek |
| dative | рацэ́ racé |
рэ́кам rékam |
| accusative | раку́ rakú |
рэ́кі réki |
| instrumental | рако́й, рако́ю rakój, rakóju |
рэ́камі rékami |
| locative | рацэ́ racé |
рэ́ках rékax |
| count form | — | ракі́1 rakí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.
рака • (raka) f (plural раце, relational adjective рачен, diminutive раче or раченце or рачуле, augmentative рачиште)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | рака (raka) | раце (race) |
| definite unspecified | раката (rakata) | рацете (racete) |
| definite proximal | ракава (rakava) | рацеве (raceve) |
| definite distal | ракана (rakana) | рацене (racene) |
| vocative | рако (rako) | раце (race) |
Probably from Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka, “moneybox, chest”), or directly from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”).
рака • (raka) f
Inherited from Old East Slavic рака (raka, “monument, shrine”). Cognate with Bulgarian ра́ка (ráka, “casket with relics”), Serbo-Croatian ра̏ка (“grave crypt”), Slovene ráka (“crypt”), from Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka, “chest, coffer”), from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”); or directly from the Latin. Compare ра́ковина (rákovina, “shell”), derived from Proto-Slavic *orky (“shell”) (genitive *orkъve), from Proto-Germanic *arkō (“chest, coffer”), from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”) as above.
ра́ка • (ráka) f inan (genitive ра́ки, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural рак)
ра́ка • (ráka) m inan or m anim