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rakt

  1. past participle of række

Latvian

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Etymology

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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]

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

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rakt

  1. past participle of rekke (Etymology 3)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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rakt

  1. neuter singular of rak

Old Norse

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rakt

  1. second-person singular past active indicative of reka

Swedish

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  • IPA(key): /rɑːkt/
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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

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rakt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of rak

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