krāce

Etymology
Related to the 🇨🇬 verb. The most likely theory is that the word was influenced by  (in, e.g., lengthening the ā), but that it originally was, a form of dialectal , from , , which would originally suggest the specific configuration of rapids in the Daugava river.

Noun

 * 1) rapids section of a river where the water flows rapidly down, usually over or around rocks