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Old English · noun

racu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈrɑ.ku/
Syllables
ˈrɑ · ku (2 syllables)
Modern English
rakeexplanationcomedylogicreasoningrhetoricargumentnarrative

racu1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. explanation

  2. argument, reasoning

  3. logic, reason

  4. narrative

  5. rhetoric

  6. comedy

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of racu
SingularPlural
Nominative racuracarace
Accusative raceracarace
Genitive raceraca
Dative raceracum

racu2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. rake

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of racu
SingularPlural
Nominative racuracarace
Accusative raceracarace
Genitive raceraca
Dative raceracum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raku, from Proto-Germanic *rakō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rahha (“affair, cause, reason, account”).

From Proto-West Germanic *raku, from Proto-Germanic *rakō (“rake”), from Proto-Germanic *rak- (“to gather, heap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rehho (“rake”) (German Rechen (“rake”)), Old Norse reka (“shovel, spade”), Gothic (rikan, “to collect, heap up”).

Descendants

rake

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