- ràcain
- noise, riot, mischief, ràcaireachd, croaking, Irish racan; cf. Breton rakat, rakal, croak, raklat, cry as a hen; Latin raccare, cry as a tiger, Lithuanian re$$?kti, cry, root rak. The words are greatly onomatopoetic.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.