растак
Bulgarian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to ра́стък (rástǎk), composed of раста́ (rastá) + -ък (-ǎk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
раста́к • (rasták) m
Declension edit
Declension of раста́к
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | раста́к rasták |
раста́ци rastáci |
| definite (subject form) |
раста́кът rastákǎt |
раста́ците rastácite |
| definite (object form) |
раста́ка rastáka | |
| count form | — | раста́ка rastáka |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly related to ръст (rǎst, “stature”) (which was traditionally also used as a unit of measurement). The specific value of 3 arshins (204 cm) / 7 feet could make the relationship with the human height harder to explain, as this would be much taller than the average, is however not unseen, compare the size of Arabic قَامَة (qāma) of 199.5 cm from قَامَ (qāma, “to stand up”). Also related to раста́ (rastá) as etymology 1.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ра́стак • (rástak) m
- (obsolete) A unit of measure, equivalent to 3 arshins. Also equivalent to 7 стъ́пки (stǎ́pki, “feet”).
- 1869, Георгый Я. Кырковъ, Броителница за пьрвоначялны ученици, Plovdiv: Д.В. Манчевъ, page 44:
- тыя дъскы захващать на длъжинѫ 3 аршина или единъ растакъ
- tyja dǎsky zahvaštatʹ na dlǎžinǫ 3 aršina ili edin rastak
- these planks encompass an area of 3 arshins, or one rastak
Declension edit
Declension of ра́стак
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ра́стак rástak |
ра́стаци rástaci |
| definite (subject form) |
ра́стакът rástakǎt |
ра́стаците rástacite |
| definite (object form) |
ра́стака rástaka | |
| count form | — | ра́стака rástaka |
Alternative forms edit
- ра́стакъ (rástak) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)
References edit
- “растак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “раста̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 186
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- раста́къ (rasták) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
раста́к • (rasták)
- (mildly vulgar) expresses that the speaker reckons a result consequential and has no emotional investment herefore, usually following a demonstrative pronoun in the clause, hell if I care