rasa

See also: Rasa, rása, rasā, rasă, rǡsa, řasa, and Raša

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rása, literally juice; essence).

Noun

rasa (plural rasas)

  1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

Anagrams


Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrasa]
  • Rhymes: -asa

Noun

rasa f

  1. race (group of people)

Declension

Further reading

  • rasa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rasa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

From ras- (race) + -a.

Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

  1. racial

French

Verb

rasa

  1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams


Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.sa/

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, first-person possessive rasaku, second-person possessive rasamu, third-person possessive rasanya)

  1. feeling

Italian

Adjective

rasa

  1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

Verb

rasa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rasare
  2. second-person singular imperative of rasare

Anagrams


Latin

Participle

rāsa

  1. nominative feminine singular of rāsus
  2. nominative neuter plural of rāsus
  3. accusative neuter plural of rāsus
  4. vocative feminine singular of rāsus
  5. vocative neuter plural of rāsus

rāsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

Latvian

Rasa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróseh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian rasà, Old Church Slavonic роса (rosa), Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian роса (rosa), Upper Sorbian, Czech, Polish rosa, Sanskrit रस (rása, juice, liquid), रसा (rásā, moisture, humidity), Latin rōs.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rasa f (4th declension)

  1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)
    rīta rasamorning dew
    rasas lāsesdew drops
    sasalusi rasafrozen dew
    samērcēt kājas rasāto soak one's feet in dew
  2. very light rain, drizzle
    viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemua light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village
  3. tiny, dew-like drops
    pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasaon (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), rasa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróseh₂.

Noun

rasa f

  1. dew

Malay

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh).

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, informal first-person possessive rasaku, informal second-person possessive rasamu, third-person possessive rasanya)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. perception, sensation, feeling

Etymology 2

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa, informal first-person possessive rasaku, informal second-person possessive rasamu, third-person possessive rasanya)

  1. Alternative form of raksa (quicksilver)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rasa n

  1. definite plural of ras

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

rasa n

  1. definite plural of ras

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rasa

Verb

rasa (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative ras/rasa)

  1. alternative form of rase

References


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʾs, head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.sa/
  • (file)

Noun

rasa f

  1. race (group of people)
  2. breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

Declension

Derived terms


Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aza

Adjective

rasa

  1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʾs, head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /râsa/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rȁsa f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)

  1. race (group of people)

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʾs, head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈràːsa/
  • Tonal orthography: rása

Noun

rása f (genitive ráse, nominative plural ráse)

  1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Declension


Spanish

Adjective

rasa

  1. Feminine singular of adjective raso.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)

  1. (of a construction, a mine or a mountain wall) to collapse
  2. (colloquial) to break down; to cease working
  3. to express anger, to criticise

Conjugation

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