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See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short for Latin recipe (“take”, imperative).
Verb[edit]
r.
- (medicine) Alternative form of ℞, take, showing an instruction to take certain medicine according to the following instructions
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Originally from Latin r., abbreviating Latin rēgnāvit (“[he/she/it] ruled”), the third-person singular perfect active indicative of rēgnāre (“to rule, to reign”). Now often parsed as an abbreviation of English ruled or reigned.
Verb[edit]
r.
- Ruled, reigned, used to show that provided dates are the period of a ruler's authority rather than their birth and death.
- Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180)
Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviations.
Adjective[edit]
r.
- Abbreviation of rare.
- Abbreviation of royal.
- Abbreviation of right.
- r. com. car. a. ― right common carotid artery
Noun[edit]
r. (plural rs.)
- (law) Abbreviation of rule.
- Abbreviation of ruble.
- 1868, “Russia: Introduction”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 45:
- The paper-money in circulation is inconvertible, but has a forced currency. The notes represent 100 rubles; 50 rs., 25 rs., 10 rs., 5 rs., 3 rs., and 1 ruble, and are plainly stamped with their value.
- Abbreviation of river.
Usage notes[edit]
- (legal): This is the customary abbreviation of the term rule as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p. 472-73.
German[edit]
Adverb[edit]
r.
- Abbreviation of rechts.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
r.
- Abbreviation of rēgnāvit, he/she/it ruled, designating a date shows a ruler's period in authority rather than their birth and death
- Abbreviation of recipe, you must take, showing an instruction to take certain medicine according to the following instructions
Descendants[edit]
- English: r.
Lithuanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
r.
- Abbreviation of rajonas (“raion”).
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
r. m inan
- Abbreviation of rok (“year”): yr
- Traktat w Verdun miał miejsce w 843 r. ― The Treaty of Verdun took place in 843.
Usage notes[edit]
Required after dates by most official guides.
See also[edit]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
r. m inan
- Abbreviation of rodzaj (“grammatical gender, genus, kind”): g.
- Synonym: rodz.
Further reading[edit]
- r. in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- r. in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
r. (Cyrillic spelling р.)
- Abbreviation of razred (“class”).
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