# rass
## Bavarian
### Etymology

From Middle High German rāze, ræze, from Old High German rāzi (“tearing, raging, furious, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rātī, from Proto-Germanic *rētijaz, *rētaz (“biting, sharp”). Cognate with German räß, raß.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ràss/
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### Adjective

rass
* sharp, tangy

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹasː/
* Rhymes: -asː

### Noun

rass
* indefinite accusative singular of rassur
* indefinite genitive singular of rassur

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse rass, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, cognate to English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars, Norwegian rass, and Swedish arsle, arsel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rasː/
* Rhymes: -asː

### Noun

rass m (genitive singular rass, nominative plural rassar)
* the buttocks, ass, arse, rump
    Synonyms: afturendi, bakhluti, bossi, sitjandi
    Hver kom við rassinn á mér?Who touched my ass?

#### Derived terms

* falla eins og flís við rass
* grípa í rassinn á deginum
* grípa í rassinn á tíðinni
* grípa í rassinn á tímanum
* rassa
* rassakastast
* rassaklof
* rassaköst
* rassavés
* rassbaga
* rassgat
* rasskinn
* rasslag
* rassskella
* rassskora
* rassvasi
* vera í rassi með
* vera of seint í rassinn gripið

#### Further reading

* An article about the term rass (“buttocks”) at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

From English arse or English ass.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɑːs/

### Adjective

rass
* (vulgar): bloody, damn, fucking, goddamn, goddamned
    I suppose him did tek de judge fe a rass eediat!I suppose he thought the judge was a fucking fool.

#### Derived terms

* rassclaat

### References

* Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 466

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic رَصَّ (raṣṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ras/

### Verb

rass (imperfect jross, past participle marsus)
* (transitive) to squeeze
* (intransitive) to press (oneself), to push, shove (as of people in a throng)

#### Conjugation
## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːs/

### Noun

rass m (genitive singular resh)
* seed

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse rass (“behind, anus”), akin to ars, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos; compare Icelandic rass, English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars and Swedish arsle, arsel.

### Noun

rass m (definite singular rassen, indefinite plural rassar, definite plural rassane)
rass n (definite singular rasset, indefinite plural rass, definite plural rassa)
* buttocks, arse

#### Related terms

* rasshol

### References

* “rass” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “rass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* ars

### Etymology

Metathesis of ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Whence also English arse.

### Noun

rass m (genitive rass, plural rassar)
* anus, posteriors

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: rass
* Faroese: rassur
* Norwegian Bokmål: rass
* Norwegian Nynorsk: rass

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rass”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive