Old English · noun

ra

Normalised rā

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /rɑː/
Syllables: rɑː (1 syllable)
Modern English: roe roebuck roe deer deer

Meaning

roe deer, roebuck

Declension

Declension of ra
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rā	rān
Accusative	rān	rān
Genitive	rān	rāna
Dative	rān	rām rāum

All forms (5)

rā
rān
rāna
rām
rāum

Etymology

A contraction of earlier rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, *raih, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą. The 5th-century runic form (raïhan) is possibly an ancestor of this word, but may be North Germanic instead.

Descendants

roe

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