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Pronunciation edit

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rakt

  1. past participle of række

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Baltic *rak-, from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, *erk- (to rip up, to rip open, to skin, to flay), from the stem *er- (loose, rare, sparse) (whence also Latvian irt “to disintegrate”). Cognate with Lithuanian ràkti (to dig) and rašýti (to write), Sanskrit ऋक्ण (ṛkṇa, Alternative form of वृक्ण (vṛkṇa, cut off or down, torn; a cut)) and its root व्रश्च् (vraśc, to cut down), Hittite [script needed] (ark-, break, crumble); see also rakstīt (to write), from an iterative form of rakt.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rakt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present roku, roc, rok, past raku)

  1. to dig
  2. to spade
  3. to shovel

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rakt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), volume 2, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, pages 102-3

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Adjective edit

rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

Verb edit

rakt

  1. past participle of rekke (Etymology 3)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Adjective edit

rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

Old Norse edit

Verb edit

rakt

  1. second-person singular past active indicative of reka

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rɑːkt/
  • (file)

Adverb edit

rakt (not comparable)

  1. straight
    Antonym: snett (at an angle, obliquely)
    Boken som flyger rakt in i hjärtat
    The book that flies straight into your heart

Adjective edit

rakt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of rak

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