raca

Etymology
Borrowed from, from or.

Interjection

 * 1) idiot!, putz!
 * 2) * 4th C. , Saint Jerome, Vulgate, Matthew 5:22:
 * "la"

- Quī autem dīxerit frātrī suō, raca!, reus erit conciliō.


 * 1) * 397 , Tyrannius Rufinus (translator), Instituta Monachorum, question 145, original author: Basil of Caesarea, in Patrologia Latina (volume 103), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1851, column 538:
 * "la"

- Quid est raca? Respōnsum: Prōvinciālis, id est, gentīlis illīus sermō est velut convīciī leviōris, quod domesticīs et hīs quōrum fīdūciam quis gerit, dīcī solet.

Noun

 * 1)  the act of calling someone ‘raca’.
 * 2) * c. 393 , Saint Jerome, Against Jovinianus 2.31, in Patrologia Latina (volume 23), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1883, column 342:
 * Dē eō autem quod nīteris approbāre, convīcium et homicīdium, raca et adulterium, et ōtiōsum sermōnem, et impietātem ūnō suppliciō repēnsārī,
 * As to the fact that you argue that an insult and a murder, calling somebody a putz and adultery, idle talk and impiety should be rewarded with the same punishment,

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * 1) rake

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) flare
 * 2) firework

Etymology
Possibly from.

Noun

 * 1) duck (aquatic bird of the family )

Verb

 * 1)  to be torn