रक्त (rakt)

noun The formal/medical word for blood (rakt); everyday speech overwhelmingly prefers खून (khoon) instead.
Sense 1 : blood (formal/technical register)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: खून (khoon)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will see रक्त (rakt) on hospital signs, blood donation camp banners (रक्तदान शिविर, raktdaan shivir, 'blood donation camp'), and in the news, but around the dinner table or in a market conversation, खून (khoon) is what people actually say -- it's also the word that carries emotional and idiomatic weight (जिगर का खून, jigar kaa khoon, roughly 'lifeblood/toil'). Think of रक्त (rakt) as the Sanskritized, clinical register and खून (khoon) as the lived, spoken one.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use रक्त (rakt) in casual speech where a native speaker would say खून (khoon) -- रक्त (rakt) sounds like something out of a textbook, news report, or doctor's office. 2) Compounds like रक्तदान (raktdaan, 'blood donation') and रक्तचाप (raktchaap, 'blood pressure') always use रक्त (rakt), never खून (khoon) -- these fixed medical/civic terms don't swap freely with their everyday synonym.
Sample Sentences:
मरीज़ को तुरंत रक्त चढ़ाने की ज़रूरत है। The patient urgently needs a blood transfusion.
(mariiz ko turant rakt chadhaane kii zaroorat hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अस्पताल में आज रक्तदान शिविर लगाया गया है। A blood donation camp has been set up at the hospital today.
(asptaal men aaj raktdaan shivir lagaayaa gayaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
जाँच में उसके रक्त में शर्करा की मात्रा अधिक पाई गई। During the test, the sugar level in his blood was found to be high.
(jaanch men uske rakt men sharkraa kii maatraa adhik paaii gaii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
डॉक्टर ने रक्त की जाँच करने के लिए नमूना लिया। The doctor took a sample to test the blood.
(doktar ne rakt kii jaanch karne ke lie namoonaa liyaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
रक्तदान करें, जीवन बचाएँ। Donate blood, save a life.
(raktdaan karen, jiivan bachaaen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
यदि रक्त में ऑक्सीजन की कमी हो, तो शरीर कमज़ोर पड़ने लगता है। If there is a lack of oxygen in the blood, the body starts becoming weak.
(yadi rakt men oksiijan kii kamii ho, to shariir kamzor padne lagtaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
रक्त कोशिकाएँ शरीर के हर हिस्से तक ऑक्सीजन पहुँचाती हैं। Blood cells carry oxygen to every part of the body.
(rakt koshikaaen shariir ke har hisse tak oksiijan pahunchaatii hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस बीमारी में रक्त का शुद्धिकरण नियमित रूप से करवाना पड़ता है। In this disease, blood purification has to be done regularly.
(is biimaarii men rakt kaa shuddhikran niymit roop se karvaanaa padtaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यदि उसने समय पर रक्तदान न किया होता, तो मरीज़ की जान न बचती। If he had not donated blood in time, the patient's life would not have been saved.
(yadi usne samay par raktdaan n kiyaa hotaa, to mariiz kii jaan n bachtii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
रक्त परीक्षण की रिपोर्ट कल तक आ जाएगी। The blood test report will arrive by tomorrow.
(rakt pariikshan kii riport kal tak aa jaaegii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): रक्त (rakt)
(sg.m.oblique): रक्त (rakt)
(pl.m.direct): रक्त (rakt)
(pl.m.oblique): रक्तों (rakton)