rǭkà

rǭkà Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `hand'

Old Church Slavic:

rǫka `hand, arm' [f ā]

Russian:

ruká `hand, arm' [f ā], rúku [Accs]

Czech:

ruka `hand' [f ā]

Slovak:

ruka `hand' [f ā]

Polish:

ręka `hand' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

rúka `hand' [f ā], rȗku [Accs];

Čak. rūkȁ (Vrgada, Hvar) `hand' [f ā], rȗku [Accs];

Čak. r^uokȁ (Orbanići) `hand' [f ā], r^uȏko [Accs]

Slovene:

róka `hand' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

răká `hand' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: rónkaʔ

Lithuanian:

rankà `hand' [f ā] 2

Latvian:

rùoka `hand' [f ā]

Old Prussian:

rānkan `hand' [Accsf ā]

Comments: The Balto-Slavic word for `hand' derives from a verbal root *urenk, cf. Lith. riñkti `gather'. Since deverbative ā-stems are usually immobile, Kortlandt (1977: 327) suggests that the accentuation is analogical after *nogà `foot, leg', where mobility is old.

Other cognates:

OIc. rá `corner, berth in a ship' [f]