рудый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic рудъ (rudŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rudъ. Compare to Ukrainian руди́й (rudýj), Czech rudý, Polish rudy.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ру́дый (rúdyj) (comparative (по)руде́е or (по)руде́й)

  1. (dialectal) red, blood-red
    Synonym: кра́сный (krásnyj)
    ру́дая каза́чья кровьrúdaja kazáčʹja krovʹred Cossack blood
  2. (dialectal) redhaired, redheaded
    Synonym: ры́жий (rýžij)
    ру́дый мужи́кrúdyj mužíkredheaded man

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рудый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress