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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Root noun from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).[1]
Noun
*ruts m
- red colour
- madder (Rubia tinctorum)
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ruts
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*rude
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*rudes
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| vocative
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*ruts
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*rude
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*rudes
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| accusative
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*rudam
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*rude
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*rudams
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| genitive
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*rudos
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*rudou
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*rudom
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| dative
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*rudei
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*rudobom
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*rudobos
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| locative
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*rudi
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—
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—
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| instrumental
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*rude?
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*rudobim
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*rudobis
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Descendants
- Old Irish: rú (“madder, a plant from which red dye is produced”)
References
- ^ Stifter, David (1998) “Study in Red”, in Die Sprache, volume 40, Harrassowitz Verlag, page 207
