ratis

Meaning

Noun

1. (declension-3, feminine, literally) raft
2. (declension-3, feminine) pontoon bridge
3. (declension-3, feminine, poetic) boat, ship, vessel

Adj

dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of ratus

Concepts

raft

vessel

Translations

رمث

طوْف

balsa

Floss

sxe’ðia

radeau

zattera

vlot

balsa

balsa

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian rekles (“scaffolding”), Old Church Slavonic ратиште (ratište, “staff, spear”), Latin rētae (“trees standing on the bank of a stream”). Also possibly connected to the Germanic roots of rood and rod. According to De Vaan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).