рак

See also: Рак and Appendix:Variations of "rak"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rak]

• Audio:

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Noun

рак • (rak) m animal (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́кі, genitive plural ра́каў)

1. crawfish, crayfish

Declension

Declension of рак (anml velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	рак rak	ра́кі ráki
genitive	ра́ка ráka	ра́каў rákaŭ
dative	ра́ку ráku	ра́кам rákam
accusative	ра́ка ráka	ра́каў rákaŭ
instrumental	ра́кам rákam	ра́камі rákami
locative	ра́ку ráku	ра́ках rákax
count form	—	ра́кі1 ráki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• рачы́ны (račýny)
• рачо́к (račók)

Noun

рак • (rak) m inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable)

1. (pathology) cancer

Declension

Declension of рак (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	рак rak
genitive	ра́ку ráku
dative	ра́ку ráku
accusative	рак rak
instrumental	ра́кам rákam
locative	ра́ку ráku

Derived terms

• ра́кавы (rákavy)

References

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

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rak]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

рак • (rak) m

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

Declension

Declension of рак

	singular	plural
indefinite	рак rak	ра́ци ráci
definite (subject form)	ра́кът rákǎt	ра́ците rácite
definite (object form)	ра́ка ráka
count form	—	ра́ка ráka

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rak]

• Audio:

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Noun

рак • (rak) m

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

Declension

Declension of рак

	singular	plural
indefinite	рак	ракови
definite unspecified	ракот	раковите
definite proximal	раков	раковиве
definite distal	ракон	раковине
vocative	раку	ракови
count form	—	рака

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]‎^[1] (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) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

• ракъ (rak) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rak]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Noun

рак • (rak) m 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 пе́чени ― rak péčeni ― liver cancer

Declension

Declension of рак (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ра́к rák	ра́ки ráki
genitive	ра́ка ráka	ра́ков rákov
dative	ра́ку ráku	ра́кам rákam
accusative animate inanimate	ра́ка ráka	ра́ков rákov
	ра́к rák	ра́ки ráki
instrumental	ра́ком rákom	ра́ками rákami
prepositional	ра́ке ráke	ра́ках rákax

Derived terms

• рачо́к (račók)
• ра́ковый (rákovyj), ра́чий (ráčij)
• когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет (kogdá rak na goré svístnet)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ռակ (ṙak)
• → Ingrian: raakka
• → Kildin Sami: ра̄һк (rāhk)
• → Yiddish: ראַק (rak)

See also

• краб (krab, “crab”)

Etymology 2

Noun

рак • (rak) f 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

Declension

Declension of рак

	singular	plural
nominative	ра̏к	ра̀кови
genitive	рака	ракова
dative	раку	раковима
accusative	рака	ракове
vocative	раче	ракови
locative	раку	раковима
instrumental	раком	раковима

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rak]

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. crawfish, crayfish

Declension

Declension of рак (animal velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	рак rak	ра́ки ráky
genitive	ра́ка ráka	ра́ків rákiv
dative	ра́кові, ра́ку rákovi, ráku	ра́кам rákam
accusative	ра́ка ráka	ра́ки, ра́ків ráky, rákiv
instrumental	ра́ком rákom	ра́ками rákamy
locative	ра́кові, ра́ку rákovi, ráku	ра́ках rákax
vocative	ра́ку ráku	ра́ки ráky

Noun

рак • (rak) m inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable, relational adjective ра́ковий)

1. (pathology) cancer

Declension

Declension of рак (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	рак rak
genitive	ра́ку ráku
dative	ра́кові, ра́ку rákovi, ráku
accusative	рак rak
instrumental	ра́ком rákom
locative	ра́ку ráku
vocative	ра́ку ráku

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “рак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “рак”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)