# рака
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [raˈka]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рака́ • (raká) f inan (genitive ракі́, nominative plural рэ́кі, genitive plural рэк, relational adjective рэ́чны, diminutive рэ́чка)
* river

#### Declension

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

### References

* “рака” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈraka]
* Hyphenation: ра‧ка
* Rhymes: -aka

### Noun

рака • (raka) f (plural раце, relational adjective рачен, diminutive раче or раченце or рачуле, augmentative рачиште)
* arm
* hand
* (figurative) handful (amount held in hand)
* (figurative) help, support

#### Holonyms

* тело n (telo)

#### Derived terms

* ракав m (rakav)
* ракавица f (rakavica)
* ракавче n (rakavče)
* ракатка f (rakatka)
* раководец m (rakovodec)
* раководител m (rakovoditel)
* раководителка f (rakovoditelka)
* раководство n (rakovodstvo)
* ракоделец m (rakodelec)
* ракоделие n (rakodelie)
* ракоделство n (rakodelstvo)
* ракознак m (rakoznak)
* ракомет m (rakomet)
* ракометар m (rakometar)
* ракометарка f (rakometarka)
* ракопис m (rakopis)
* ракоплескање n (rakopleskanje)
* ракоплескач m (rakopleskač)
* ракотворба m (rakotvorba)
* ракотворец m (rakotvorec)
* раче n (rače)
* раченце n (račence)
* рачиште n (račište)
* рачка f (račka)
* рачуле n (račule)
* голорак (golorak)
* дворак (dvorak)
* деснорак (desnorak)
* долгорак (dolgorak)
* еднорак (ednorak)
* краткорак (kratkorak)
* леворак (levorak)
* многурак (mnogurak)
* ракатен (rakaten)
* раководечки (rakovodečki)
* ракоделен (rakodelen)
* ракоделски (rakodelski)
* ракометен (rakometen)
* ракописен (rakopisen)
* рачен (račen)
* своерачен (svoeračen)
* голорако (golorako)
* ракатно (rakatno)
* ракометно (rakometno)
* ракописно (rakopisno)
* рачно (račno)
* своерачно (svoeračno)
* врачи (vrači)
* врачува (vračuva)
* заракоплеска (zarakopleska)
* раководи (rakovodi)
* ракоплеска (rakopleska)
* ракоположи (rakopoloži)
* ракоположува (rakopoložuva)
* ракотвори (rakotvori)
* ракува (rakuva)
* се ракува (se rakuva)

### See also

* грст m (grst)
* дланка f (dlanka)
* тупаница f (tupanica)
* шепа f (šepa)

### References

* “рака” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

### Anagrams

* арак (arak), арка (arka), кара (kara)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

Probably from Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka, “moneybox, chest”), or directly from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”).

### Noun

рака • (raka) f
* coffin

#### Descendants

* Russian: ра́ка (ráka)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrakə]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic рака (raka, “monument, shrine”). Cognate with Bulgarian ра́ка (ráka, “casket with relics”), Serbo-Croatian ра̏ка (“grave crypt”), Slovene ráka (“crypt”), from Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰 (arka, “chest, coffer”), from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”); or directly from the Latin. Compare ра́ковина (rákovina, “shell”), derived from Proto-Slavic *orky (“shell”) (genitive *orkъve), from Proto-Germanic *arkō (“chest, coffer”), from Latin arca (“chest, coffer, coffin”) as above.

#### Noun

ра́ка • (ráka) f inan (genitive ра́ки, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural рак)
* shrine (a massive tomb holding the relics of a saint’s body)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ра́ка • (ráka) m inan or m anim
* inflection of рак (rak):
** genitive singular
** animate accusative singular

### Anagrams

* а́рка (árka), ка́ра (kára)