rass

See also: Rass

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German rāze, ræze, from Old High German rāzi (“tearing, raging, furious, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rātī, from Proto-Germanic *rētijaz, *rētaz (“biting, sharp”). Cognate with German räß, raß.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràss/

Adjective

rass

1. sharp, tangy

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹasː/
• Rhymes: -asː

Noun

rass

1. indefinite accusative singular of rassur
2. indefinite genitive singular of rassur

Icelandic

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rass

Etymology

From Old Norse rass, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, cognate to English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars, Norwegian rass, and Swedish arsle, arsel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasː/
• Rhymes: -asː

Noun

rass m (genitive singular rass, nominative plural rassar)

1. the buttocks, ass, arse, rump

   Synonyms: afturendi, bakhluti, bossi, sitjandi

   Hver kom við rassinn á mér?

   Who touched my ass?

Declension

Declension of rass (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rass	rassinn	rassar	rassarnir
accusative	rass	rassinn	rassa	rassana
dative	rassi	rassinum	rössum	rössunum
genitive	rass	rassins	rassa	rassanna

Derived terms

• falla eins og flís við rass
• grípa í rassinn á deginum
• grípa í rassinn á tíðinni
• grípa í rassinn á tímanum
• rassa
• rassakastast
• rassaklof
• rassaköst
• rassavés
• rassbaga
• rassgat
• rasskinn
• rasslag
• rassskella
• rassskora
• rassvasi
• vera í rassi með
• vera of seint í rassinn gripið

Further reading

• An article about the term rass (“buttocks”) at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English arse or English ass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːs/

Adjective

rass

1. (vulgar): bloody, damn, fucking, goddamn, goddamned

   I suppose him did tek de judge fe a rass eediat!

   I suppose he thought the judge was a fucking fool.

Derived terms

• rassclaat

References

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 466

Maltese

Root
r-s-s
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَصَّ (raṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ras/

Verb

rass (imperfect jross, past participle marsus)

1. (transitive) to squeeze
2. (intransitive) to press (oneself), to push, shove (as of people in a throng)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rass

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rassejt	rassejt	rass	rassejna	rassejtu	rassew
	f			rasset
imperfect	m	nross	tross	jross	nrossu	trossu	jrossu
	f			tross
imperative			ross			rossu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rassejtx	rassejtx	rassx	rassejniex	rassejtux	rassewx
	f			rassitx
imperfect	m	nrossx	trossx	jrossx	nrossux	trossux	jrossux
	f			trossx
imperative			trossx			trossux

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːs/

Noun

rass m (genitive singular resh)

1. seed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse rass (“behind, anus”), akin to ars, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos; compare Icelandic rass, English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars and Swedish arsle, arsel.

Noun

rass m (definite singular rassen, indefinite plural rassar, definite plural rassane)
rass n (definite singular rasset, indefinite plural rass, definite plural rassa)

1. buttocks, arse

Related terms

• rasshol

References

• “rass” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “rass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ars

Etymology

Metathesis of ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Whence also English arse.

Noun

rass m (genitive rass, plural rassar)

1. anus, posteriors

Declension

Declension of rass (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rass	rassinn	rassar	rassarnir
accusative	rass	rassinn	rassa	rassana
dative	rassi	rassinum	rǫssum	rǫssunum
genitive	rass	rassins	rassa	rassanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: rass
• Faroese: rassur
• Norwegian Bokmål: rass
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rass

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rass”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive