rakki

See also: räkki

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɑkːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkːi
  • Hyphenation: rak‧ki

Noun

rakki

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

Declension
Inflection of rakki (Kotus type 5/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative rakki rakit
genitive rakin rakkien
partitive rakkia rakkeja
illative rakkiin rakkeihin
singular plural
nominative rakki rakit
accusative nom. rakki rakit
gen. rakin
genitive rakin rakkien
partitive rakkia rakkeja
inessive rakissa rakeissa
elative rakista rakeista
illative rakkiin rakkeihin
adessive rakilla rakeilla
ablative rakilta rakeilta
allative rakille rakeille
essive rakkina rakkeina
translative rakiksi rakeiksi
instructive — rakein
abessive rakitta rakeitta
comitative — rakkeineen
Synonyms
Hypernyms

Etymology 2

Noun

rakki

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

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rakki, related to Old English ræcc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrahcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Noun

rakki m (genitive singular rakka, nominative plural rakkar)

  1. dog

Declension
declension of rakki
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rakki rakkinn rakkar rakkarnir
accusative rakka rakkann rakka rakkana
dative rakka rakkanum rökkum rökkunum
genitive rakka rakkans rakka rakkanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kjölturakki
  • melrakki

Old Norse

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrakki/
  • Rhymes: -akki

Noun

rakki m (genitive rakka, plural rakkar)

  1. dog

Declension
  Declension of rakki (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rakki rakkinn rakkar rakkarnir
accusative rakka rakkann rakka rakkana
dative rakka rakkanum rǫkkum rǫkkunum
genitive rakka rakkans rakka rakkanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • skikkjurakki
  1. Jan de Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (Leiden: Brill, 1961).
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