ret
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English retten, reten; perhaps from Middle Dutch rēten, reeten (compare Middle Low German rōten; Middle High German rōzen), or from Old Norse reyta (compare Norwegian røyta, Swedish röta); all from Proto-Germanic *rautijaną (“to make mellow or soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewd- (“to tear; rend; rip”). Related to rot.
Verb
editret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)
- (transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
- 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVIII:
- the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 621:
- the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
Derived terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 2
editAbbreviation.
Adjective
editret
Translations
editEtymology 3
editNoun
editret (plural rets)
- (printing, historical) Short for reiteration.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
editAcehnese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editret
References
edit- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin rete (“net”).
Noun
editret m (plural rets)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editret
- inflection of retre:
Further reading
edit- “ret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech ret, from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ. Compare Russian рот (rot, “mouth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editret m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
editDanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz, cognate with Swedish rätt, rät, English right, German recht, gerecht. The Germanic adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós, hence Latin rēctus (“straight”), Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “stretched out”).
Adjective
editret (plural and definite singular attributive rette)
- straight
- en ret linje
- a straight line
- Synonym: lige
- right, proper
- rightful
- den rette arving
- the rightful heir
- Synonym: retmæssig Antonym: uretmæssig
- (knitting, also used adverbially) plain, knitwise
- Antonym: vrang
- Strik skiftevis tre masker ret og to vrang.
- Alternately, knit three stitches and purl two.
Adverb
editret
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse réttr, from Proto-Germanic *rehtuz, related to the adjective *rehtaz. The Danish word has been influenced by the German cognates Recht (“right, law”) and Gericht (“court”). The meaning “course of food” is influenced by Middle Low German richte and German Gericht.
Noun
editret c (singular definite retten, plural indefinite retter)
- (uncountable) justice, law
- court, courtroom, lawcourt (institution)
- courtroom (physical location)
- 2016, Louise Damløv, Cecilie Kallestrup, Tre meter fra Breivik: En beretning fra Nordens største terrorretssag, Informations Forlag, →ISBN:
- Kun omkring halvdelen af de vidner, forsvaret havde indkaldt for at sandsynliggøre, at Breiviks ideologi ikke var galemandssnak, mødte op i retten.
- Only about half of the witness that the defense had summoned to support that Brevik's ideology was not the talk of a madman appeared in court.
- 2017, Nadine Gordimer, translated by Finn Holten Hansen, Æresgæst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- Retten var fyldt, og ansigter blev ved med at kigge ind ad vinduerne fra en voksende mængde udenfor.
- The courtroom was full, and faces kept looking in through the windows from a growing crowd outside.
- Synonym: retssal
- (uncountable) right, entitlement
- Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.
- All humans have a right to basic respect.
- Synonym: rettighed
- Alle mennesker har ret til basal respekt.
- dish, course (of food)
- (uncountable) right side (e.g. of a fabric')
Declension
editReferences
edit“ret,1” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,2” in Den Danske Ordbog “ret,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editret
- imperative of rette
Old Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *rъtъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editret m inan
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | ret | rty | rti, rtové |
genitive | rta, rtu | rtú | rtóv |
dative | rtu | rtoma | rtóm |
accusative | ret | rty | rty |
vocative | rte | rty | rti, rtové |
locative | rtě, rtu | rtú | rtiech |
instrumental | rtem | rtoma | rty |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
edit- Czech: ret
Further reading
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ret”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editret m inan
Declension
editReferences
edit- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ret”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading
edit- ret in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editAdjective
editret
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish رد (redd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editret (definite accusative reddi, plural retler)
Declension
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Locative | rette | retlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editTurkmen
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic رَدّ (radd)
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: ret
Noun
editret (definite accusative reti, plural retler)
Declension
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