# раса
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* rasa — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rosà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [raˈsa]

#### Noun

раса́ • (rasá) f inan (genitive расы́, nominative plural ро́сы, genitive plural рос or ро́саў, relational adjective расяны́ or рася́ны or ро́сны)
* dew

##### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Etymology 2

From German Rasse via Polish rasa or Russian раса (rasa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasa]

#### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f inan (genitive ра́сы, nominative plural ра́сы, genitive plural рас)
* race (group of people)

##### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Etymology 3

Either inherited from Old East Slavic раса (rasa) or borrowed from Old Church Slavonic раса (rasa), to which it was borrowed from Byzantine Greek ράσον (ráson), which is also source of Greek ράσο (ráso); ultimately likely from Latin rāsum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasa]

#### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f inan (genitive ра́сы, nominative plural ра́сы, genitive plural рас)
* cassock

##### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “раса” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “раса”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 107

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasɐ]

### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f
* race (group of people)

#### Declension
### References

* “раса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “раса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Kyrgyz
### Noun

раса • (rasa) (Arabic spelling راسا)
* race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasa]
* Rhymes: -asa

### Noun

раса • (rasa) f
* race (group of people)

#### Declension
### References

* раса in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, French race or Italian razza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasə]
* IPA: [ˈrasːə] (phonetic respelling: ра́сса) (non-standard, possibly due to conflation with тра́сса (trássa), ма́сса (mássa), etc.)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -asə

### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f inan (genitive ра́сы, nominative plural ра́сы, genitive plural рас)
* race (group of people)

#### Related terms

* раси́зм (rasízm)
* раси́ст (rasíst)
* расове́дение (rasovédenije)
* ра́совый (rásovyj)
* расоло́гия (rasológija)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: ռասա (ṙasa)
* → Yakut: арааса (araasa)

#### See also

* австрало́ид (avstralóid)
* европео́ид (jevropeóid)
* монголо́ид (mongolóid)
* негро́ид (negróid)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râsa/
* Hyphenation: ра‧са

### Noun

ра̏са f (Latin spelling rȁsa)
* race (group of people)

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrasɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f inan (genitive ра́си, nominative plural ра́си, genitive plural рас)
* race (group of people)

#### Declension
### Noun

ра́са • (rása) f animal (genitive ра́си, nominative plural ра́си, genitive plural рас)
* mammalian genus of civet

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “раса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “раса”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)