rets

See also: RETs

English

Verb

rets

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ret

Anagrams

• 'rest, -estr-, -ster, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, erst, estr-, rest, rest., tres

Catalan

Verb

rets

1. second-person singular present indicative of retre

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁad̥s], [ˈʁɑd̥s]
• Homophone: rats

Noun

rets c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ret

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reiz, rez, rei (with spelling re-Latinized in modern French), from Latin rēte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

rets m pl (plural only)

1. (hunting, figurative) snare
2. (fishing) net

Derived terms

• réseau

Further reading

• “rets”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) rēds

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *retas and cognate with Lithuanian rẽtas. Probably also related to Proto-Slavic *rědъkъ and Latvian dialectal rēds, but there is no clear explanation for the difference in vowel length. Traditionally further compared with irt (“to disintegrate, to fall apart”), but this seems problematic if irt derives from laryngeal-final *h₂erH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾæts]

Adjective

rȩts (definite retais, comparative retāks, superlative visretākais, adverb reti)

1. thin, sparse (formed of a number of similar elements placed at a relatively large distance from one another)

   rets priedulājs ― thin, sparse pine forest

   mežs bija pietiekami rets ― the forest was rather thin, sparse

   reti mati ― thin hair

   reta ķemme ― wide-tooth(ed) (lit. thin, sparse) comb

2. sparse (not close to one another)

   grābeklis ar retiem zariem ― rake with rare, sparse prongs

   reti koki ― sparse trees

3. (of fabric, cloth) thin (with gaps, spaces between the threads)

   reta auduma maisiņš ― little sack of thin cloth (= having gaps)

4. (of gazes, fog, air, etc.) thin (not concentrated)

   rets kalnu gaiss ― thin mountain air

   migla kļuva retāka un caurspīdīgāka ― the mist became thinner and more transparent

5. (of groups of people) thin (having few members)

   viņu rindas bija kļuvušas retākas ― their lines, ranks had become thinner

6. rare (of which there is only a small number)

   reti augi ― rare plants

   retie ķīmiskie elementi, metāli ― rare chemical elements, metals

   retas rokrakstu grāmatas ― rare manuscript books

7. rare, infrequent, uncommon (not widely known, distributed, used)

   rets vārdu savienojums ― rare, uncommon word combination

   rets izteiciens ― rare expression

   reta tautasdziesmas melodija ― rare folk tune

8. rare, uncommon (not normal, not ordinary)

   Ubāns ir viens no tiem retajiem māksliniekiem, kurš spēj atklāt skatītājam savu pasauli ― Ubāns is one of those rare artists who are able to open their world to the viewer

9. (definite forms) rare one(s) (only a few, not many)

   viņa piederēja pie tiem retajiem, kas prot klausīties ― she belonged to (those) rare (people) who know how to listen

   mums varoņu daudz... vien retajam uzcelts piemineklis ― we have many heroes... only to a rare one (= a few) a monument is built

10. rare, infrequent (repeated only after long intervals)

    pa retam ― rarely

    rets gadījums ― rare case

    retajos brīvajos vakaros māte mums lasīja ― in the rare free evenings mother used to read to us

11. rare (which appears, happens infrequently)

    reti viesi ― rare guests

    labs draugs ir reta manta pasaulē ― a good friend is a rare treasure on earth

Declension

Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of rets

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	rets	reti		reta	retas
genitive	reta	retu		retas	retu
dative	retam	retiem		retai	retām
accusative	retu	retus		retu	retas
instrumental	retu	retiem		retu	retām
locative	retā	retos		retā	retās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Definite declension (noteiktā galotne) of rets

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	retais	retie		retā	retās
genitive	retā	reto		retās	reto
dative	retajam	retajiem		retajai	retajām
accusative	reto	retos		reto	retās
instrumental	reto	retajiem		reto	retajām
locative	retajā	retajos		retajā	retajās
vocative	reto, retais	retie		reto, retā	retās

Synonyms

• (of "thin", "sparse"): plāns

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of "thin", "sparse", "not dense", "with gaps or spaces"”): blīvs, biezs
• (antonym(s) of “of "rare"”): biežs

Derived terms

• retums

Further reading

• Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rets”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Old Prussian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian rets (“rare”), rēds (dialectal), Lithuanian retas, Proto-Slavic *rědъkъ (“rare, thin”).

Adjective

rets m

1. rare, thin