rät
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rat"
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rät
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish rǣtter, rǣter, from Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós. Doublet of rätt.
Adjective edit
rät (comparative rätare, superlative rätast)
- straight (not bent)
- (of an angle) right
- (of a stitch, not comparable) a knit stitch (as opposed to a purl stitch)
- Antonym: avig
- räta maskor
- knit stitches
- (textiles, sewing, not comparable) related to the right side of a fabric
- Antonym: avig
Declension edit
| Inflection of rät | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rät | rätare | rätast |
| Neuter singular | - | rätare | rätast |
| Plural | räta | rätare | rätast |
| Masculine plural3 | räte | rätare | rätast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | räte | rätare | rätaste |
| All | räta | rätare | rätaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms edit
References edit
- rät in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rät in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rät in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rät in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- rätter in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T