рало

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic рало (ralo), from Proto-Slavic *ordlo. Equivalent to ора́ (orá, “to plow”) ‎ -ло (-lo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraɫo]
• Hyphenation: ра‧ло

Noun

ра́ло • (rálo) n

1. plough, plow

Declension

Declension of ра́ло

	singular	plural
indefinite	ра́ло rálo	рала́ ralá
definite	ра́лото ráloto	рала́та raláta

References

• “рало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• рола (rola)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraɫɔ]
• Hyphenation: ра‧ло

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Noun

рало • (ralo) n (plural рала, diminutive ралце)

1. ard (a simple wooden plough/plow)

   Synonym: плуг (plug)

Declension

Declension of рало

	singular	plural
indefinite	рало (ralo)	рала (rala)
definite unspecified	ралото (raloto)	ралата (ralata)
definite proximal	ралово (ralovo)	ралава (ralava)
definite distal	ралоно (ralono)	ралана (ralana)
vocative	рало (ralo)	рала (rala)

Alternative forms

• орало (oralo)

Etymology 2

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Noun

рало • (ralo) n (plural рала, diminutive ралце)

1. pair (chiefly for clothes and footwear)

   Synonyms: пар (par), чифт (čift)

Declension

Declension of рало

	singular	plural
indefinite	рало (ralo)	рала (rala)
definite unspecified	ралото (raloto)	ралата (ralata)
definite proximal	ралово (ralovo)	ралава (ralava)
definite distal	ралоно (ralono)	ралана (ralana)
vocative	рало (ralo)	рала (rala)

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⱃⰰⰾⱁ (ralo)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Noun

рало • (ralo) n

1. plough (plow)

Declension

Declension of рало (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	рало ralo	ралѣ ralě	рала rala
genitive	рала rala	ралоу ralu	ралъ ralŭ
dative	ралоу ralu	ралома raloma	раломъ ralomŭ
accusative	рало ralo	ралѣ ralě	рала rala
instrumental	раломъ ralomŭ	ралома raloma	ралꙑ raly
locative	ралѣ ralě	ралоу ralu	ралѣхъ ralěxŭ
vocative	рало ralo	ралѣ ralě	рала rala

Synonyms

• орало (oralo)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Noun

рало (ralo) n

1. plough, plow
2. ploughshare

Descendants

• Belarusian: ра́ла (rála)
• Russian: ра́ло (rálo)
• Ukrainian: ра́ло (rálo)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “рало”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 65

Russian

Древнеегипетское рало

Alternative forms

• ора́ло (orálo)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraɫə]

Noun

ра́ло • (rálo) n inan (genitive ра́ла, nominative plural ра́ла, genitive plural рал)

1. ard (a simple wooden plough/plow)

Declension

Declension of ра́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ра́ло rálo	ра́ла rála
genitive	ра́ла rála	ра́л rál
dative	ра́лу rálu	ра́лам rálam
accusative	ра́ло rálo	ра́ла rála
instrumental	ра́лом rálom	ра́лами rálami
prepositional	ра́ле rále	ра́лах rálax

Coordinate terms

• плуг (plug)
• косу́ля (kosúlja)
• соха́ (soxá)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râlo/
• Hyphenation: ра‧ло

Noun

ра̏ло n (Latin spelling rȁlo)

1. plow
2. plowshare

Declension

Declension of рало

	singular	plural
nominative	рало	рала
genitive	рала	рала
dative	ралу	ралима
accusative	рало	рала
vocative	рало	рала
locative	ралу	ралима
instrumental	ралом	ралима

See also

• плу̏г

Further reading

• “рало”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraɫɔ]

Noun

ра́ло • (rálo) n inan (genitive ра́ла, nominative plural ра́ла, genitive plural рал)

1. ard (a simple wooden plough/plow)

Declension

Declension of ра́ло (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ра́ло rálo	ра́ла rála
genitive	ра́ла rála	рал ral
dative	ра́лу rálu	ра́лам rálam
accusative	ра́ло rálo	ра́ла rála
instrumental	ра́лом rálom	ра́лами rálamy
locative	ра́лі ráli	ра́лах rálax
vocative	ра́ло rálo	ра́ла rála

See also

• плуг m (pluh)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1977), “рало”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (Природа – Ряхтливий), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 446
• “рало”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)