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raz

Pronunciation: /ˈras/

“raz” is a Polish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. time (instance, occurrence)
  2. case
  3. hit, blow
  4. notch or groove on a millstone made with a pickaxe
  5. scar
  6. lightning strike
  7. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

numeral

  1. one

adverb

  1. once (one time)
  2. once (ultimately, definitively)
  3. used in the construction raz... raz... sometimes, once (at some point)

particle

  1. synonym of nareszcie

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish raz. By surface analysis, deverbal from razić. Etymology 1, numeral sense 1 is a generalization of etymology 1, noun 1 sense 1, for which see Old Polish raz. For this use, compare Russian раз (raz). Etymology 1, noun 2 sense 1 is a semantic narrowing of etymology 1, noun 1 sense 1. The genitive plural form razy is suppletive from the alternative form raza.

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