ראַק
Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ràkъ.
Compare Polish rak, Ukrainian рак (rak), Belarusian рак (rak), Russian рак (rak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁak/
- Hyphenation: ראַק
- Homophone: רק (rak)
Noun
ראַק • (rak) m, plural ראַקעס (rakes), diminutive ראַקל (rakl)
Synonyms
- קרעבט (krebt)
Hyponyms
Noun
ראַק • (rak) m, plural ראַקן (rakn)
- cancer (disease)
Synonyms
- (cancer): קאַנצער (kantser)
Proper noun
ראַק • (rak) m
- Cancer (constellation)
Synonyms
- (Cancer): מזל־סרטן (mazl-sartn)
Derived terms
- ים־ראַק (yam-rak)
- ראַק־פּרוש (rakporesh)
- ראַקגעשוועל (rakgeshvel)
- ראַקטומאָר (raktumor)
- ראַקיק (rakik)
Related terms
- ראַטשקאָם (ratshkom)
- ראַקאָם (rakom)
- ראַקעם (rakem)
References
- Paul Abelson (1915), “crawfish”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press, page 303
- Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008), “rak”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slównik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 692
- Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “ראַק”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “ראַק” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].