ראַק

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian рак (rak) and Polish rak, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ràkъ.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: רק (rak)

Noun

ראַק • (rak) m, plural ראַקעס (rakes) or ראַקן (rakn), diminutive ראַקל (rakl)

  1. (countable) crawfish, crayfish
  2. (countable) lobster
    Synonyms: (US) לאָבסטער (lobster), האָמאַר (homar), אָמאַר (omar)
  3. (countable) crab
    Synonym: קראַב (krab)
  4. (uncountable, astronomy, astrology) Cancer
    Synonym: מזל־סרטן (mazl-sartn)
  5. (countable, pathology) cancer
    Synonym: קאַנצער (kantser)

Usage notes

  • The disease cancer takes the plural ראַקן (rakn), while the shellfish take the plural ראַקעס (rakes).

Derived terms

  • ים־ראַק (yam-rak, “lobster”, literally “sea-crayfish”)
  • ראַק־פּרוש (rakporesh, “hermit crab”)
  • ראַקגעשוועל (rakgeshvel, “cancer tumour”, literally “cancer swelling”)
  • ראַקטומאָר (raktumor)
  • ראַקיק (rakik, adjective)
  • ראַטשקאָם (ratshkom)
  • ראַקאָם (rakom)
  • ראַקעם (rakem)

References

  • Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “rak”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN
  • 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].
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