rás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ras"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rás, from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹɔɑːs]

Noun

rás f (genitive singular rásar, plural rásir or ræsur)

1. path (esp. for sheep)
2. gait
3. way, direction
4. flock of flying birds
5. broadcasting channel

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rás	rásin	rásir	rásirnar
accusative	rás	rásina	rásir	rásirnar
dative	rás	rásini	rásum	rásunum
genitive	rásar	rásarinnar	rása	rásanna

f27	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rás	rásin	ræsur	ræsurnar
accusative	rás	rásina	ræsur	ræsurnar
dative	rás	rásini	rásum	rásunum
genitive	rásar	rásarinnar	rása	rásanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rauːs/

  Rhymes: -auːs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse rás, from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Noun

rás f (genitive singular rásar, nominative plural rásir)

1. run, running
2. speed
3. flow (of water, etc., also figuratively of events, time, etc.)
4. duct, channel (for something to run or flow through)
5. channel (TV, radio, Wi-Fi, etc.)

Declension

Declension of rás (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rás	rásin	rásir	rásirnar
accusative	rás	rásina	rásir	rásirnar
dative	rás	rásinni	rásum	rásunum
genitive	rásar	rásarinnar	rása	rásanna

Etymology 2

Noun

rás n (genitive singular ráss, nominative plural rás)

1. run, sprint (especially in reference to an animal?)
   • 1987, Svava Jakobsdóttir, Gunnlaðar saga, →ISBN, page 149:

     Snaran markaði honum stað og heyra mátti á óslitnu hófatakinu að hann hringsólaði um askinn en hrynjandin rofnaði öðru hvoru af snöggu og óþreyjufullu krafsi líkt og minningin um frjálst rásið um heiðina væri að leita út í trássi við vilja hans.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of rás (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rás	rásið	rás	rásin
accusative	rás	rásið	rás	rásin
dative	rási	rásinu	rásum	rásunum
genitive	ráss	rássins	rása	rásanna

Anagrams

• sár, árs

Irish

Alternative forms

• rása (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Norse rás (“a running, race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō (“a course”).

Noun

rás m (genitive singular rása, nominative plural rásaí)

1. race (contest)

Declension

Declension of rás (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rás rása vocative a rás a rása genitive rás rása dative rás rása forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rás na rása genitive an rás na rása dative leis an rás don rás leis na rása

Derived terms

• capall rása
• rásaí

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Noun

rás f

1. race, running
2. course, channel
3. company, host

Descendants

• Faroese: rás
• French: raz
• Icelandic: rás
• → Middle English: ras, race (through merger with Middle English rees, res < Old English rǣs)
  • English: race
  • Scots: ras, rase, race
    • → Danish: race, ræs
    • → Dutch: race
    • → Swedish: race, rejs
    • → Norwegian: race, res

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press