rax

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.

Noun

barracks

Συνώνυμα

elongate

stretch

Μεταφράσεις

tendre

étendre ses membres

s'étirer

tendere

stiracchiarsi

stirarsi

uitrekken

alargar

desperezarse

estirarse

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹæks/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: raxen

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: raxan

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: rekken

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: recken

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: räcka

In summary

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).