# рак
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рак • (rak) m animal (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́кі, genitive plural ра́каў)
* crawfish, crayfish

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* рачы́ны (račýny)
* рачо́к (račók)

### Noun

рак • (rak) m inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable)
* (pathology) cancer

#### Derived terms

* ра́кавы (rákavy)

### References

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

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rak]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak

### Noun

рак • (rak) m
* crawfish, crayfish
* crab
* (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
* a Cancer (person with the zodiac sign)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Eastern Khanty
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɐːk]

### Noun

рак (rak) (Surgut)
* flour

### References

* Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects‎, University of Munich
* Volkova, A. N., Solovar, V. N. (2018) “рак”, in Хантыйско-русский тематический словарь (сургутский диалект) [Khanty-Russian Thematic Dictionary (Surgut dialect)]‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: РГПУ имени А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 158

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рак • (rak) m
* crab
* (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
* (astronomy, astrology) Cancer

#### See also

Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text) :
| о́вен (óven) | бик (bik) | бли́знаци (blíznaci) | рак (rak) |
| лав (lav) | де́вица (dévica) | ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) | ско́рпија (skórpija) |
| стре́лец (strélec) | ја́рец (járec) | водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) | ри́би (ríbi) |

### References

* “рак”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎ (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
* “рак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* ракъ (rak) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rak]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

#### Noun

рак • (rak) m anim or m inan (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural ра́ков, relational adjective ра́чий or ра́ковый, diminutive рачо́к)
* crawfish, crayfish
    Е́хал Гре́ка через ре́ку, ви́дит Гре́ка в ре́ке ра́к, су́нул Гре́ка в ре́ку ру́ку, ра́к за ру́ку Гре́ку — ца́п! (Russian tongue twister)Jéxal Gréka čerez réku, vídit Gréka v réke rák, súnul Gréka v réku rúku, rák za rúku Gréku — cáp!Across the river Greka rode, In the river Greka sees a crawdad, In the river Greka stuck his hand, At Greka's hand the crawdad goes snap!
** 1933, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], Блондель; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):На берегу́ Невы́ мы сиди́м в лёгком, кача́ющемся поплавке́-рестора́нчике и еди́м ра́ков в ожида́нии скро́много у́жина.Na beregú Nevý my sidím v ljóxkom, kačájuščemsja poplavké-restoránčike i jedím rákov v ožidánii skrómnovo úžina.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (astronomy, astrology) Cancer
* (pathology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
    рак пе́чени ― rak péčeni ― liver cancer

##### Hypernyms

* членистоно́гое n anim (členistonógoje)

##### Derived terms

* рачо́к m anim (račók)
* ра́ковый (rákovyj), ра́чий (ráčij)
* ракообра́зное n anim (rakoobráznoje)
* ра́ком (rákom)
* ракоскорпио́н m anim (rakoskorpión)

###### Phrases

* где ра́ки зиму́ют (gde ráki zimújut)
** показа́ть, где ра́ки зиму́ют (pokazátʹ, gde ráki zimújut)
* когда́ рак на горе́ сви́стнет (kogdá rak na goré svístnet)
* красный как рак (krasnyj kak rak) (красный как варёный рак (krasnyj kak varjónyj rak)), покраснеть как рак pf (pokrasnetʹ kak rak) (покраснеть как варёный рак pf (pokrasnetʹ kak varjónyj rak))

###### Proverbs

* куда конь с копы́том, туда́ и рак с клешнёй (kuda konʹ s kopýtom, tudá i rak s klešnjój)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: ռակ (ṙak)
* → Azerbaijani: rak
* → Ingrian: raakka
* → Kildin Sami: ра̄һк (rāhk)
* → Yiddish: ראַק (rak)

##### See also

* краб (krab, “crab”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

рак • (rak) f inan pl
* genitive plural of ра́ка (ráka)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Noun

ра̏к m (Latin spelling rȁk)
* crab
* cancer

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рак • (rak) m animal (genitive ра́ка, nominative plural ра́ки, genitive plural ра́ків, relational adjective ра́чачий, diminutive рачо́к)
* crawfish, crayfish

#### Declension
### Noun

рак • (rak) m inan (genitive ра́ку, uncountable, relational adjective ра́ковий)
* (pathology) cancer

#### Declension
### References

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