rass
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German rāze, ræze, from Old High German rāzi (“tearing, raging, furious, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rātī, from Proto-Germanic *rētijaz, *rētaz (“biting, sharp”). Cognate with German räß, raß.
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rass
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rass, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, cognate to English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars, Norwegian rass, and Swedish arsle, arsel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.
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rass m (genitive singular rass, nominative plural rassar)
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Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
From English arse or English ass.
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rass
- (vulgar): bloody, damn, fucking, goddamn, goddamned
- I suppose him did tek de judge fe a rass eediat!
- I suppose he thought the judge was a fucking fool.
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References edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 466
Maltese edit
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r-s-s |
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rass (imperfect jross, past participle marsus)
- (transitive) to squeeze
- (intransitive) to press (oneself), to push, shove (as of people in a throng)
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | rassejt | rassejt | rass | rassejna | rassejtu | rassew | |
f | rasset | |||||||
imperfect | m | nross | tross | jross | nrossu | trossu | jrossu | |
f | tross | |||||||
imperative | ross | rossu |
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).
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rass m (genitive singular resh)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rass (“behind, anus”), akin to ars, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos; compare Icelandic rass, English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars and Swedish arsle, arsel.
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rass m (definite singular rassen, indefinite plural rassar, definite plural rassane)
rass n (definite singular rasset, indefinite plural rass, definite plural rassa)
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Old Norse edit
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Etymology edit
Metathesis of ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Whence also English arse.
Noun edit
rass m (genitive rass, plural rassar)
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References edit
- “rass”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press