rakki

rakki

1. partitive singular of rakk
2. illative singular of rakk

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑkːi/, [ˈrɑ̝kːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːi
• Syllabification^(key): rak‧ki
• Hyphenation^(key): rak‧ki

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish rakke (“dog”), compare Swedish racka.

rakki

1. (derogatory) mongrel, mutt, pooch, cur (mixed-breed dog)
2. (slang) pooch (dog)

• piski

• koira

• “rakki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from Swedish rack.

rakki

1. (nautical) truss (rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast)

• arkki, arkki-, rikka

From Old Norse rakki, related to Old English ræċċ (> modern English ratch, rach (“hunting dog, hound”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrahcɪ/
• Rhymes: -ahcɪ

rakki m (genitive singular rakka, nominative plural rakkar)

1. dog

   Synonyms: hundur, hvutti

• kjölturakki
• melrakki

Related to Old English ræcc (English rach); a diminutive of the same Germanic source yielded Dutch rekel. Thought by Jan de Vries to be derived from Old Norse rekja in the sense 'to stretch out', itself deriving from *rakjaną, thus referring to a 'long, narrow dog'.^[1]

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈrak.kɪ/
• Rhymes: -akki

rakki m (genitive rakka, plural rakkar)

1. dog

   Synonym: hundr

• melrakki
• skikkjurakki

• Icelandic: rakki
• Elfdalian: rakke
• Norwegian Bokmål: rakke (“male dog”)
• Danish: rakke
• Old Swedish: rakke
  • Swedish: racka (“mongrel, disagreeable dog”)
  • → Finnish: rakki (“mongrel, pooch”)