From Dutch rood, of which the inflected form is rooie in Northern Dutch (in particular Hollandic) colloquial speech. Further from Middle Dutch rôot, from Old Dutch rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
rooi (attributive rooi or rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)
wit | grys | swart |
rooi; karmosyn | oranje; bruin | geel; room |
lemmetjie | groen | mentgroen |
siaan; teel | asuur, hemelsblou | blou |
violet; indigo | magenta; pers | pienk |
From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).
rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)
Inflection of rooi | ||||
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uninflected | rooi | |||
inflected | rooie | |||
comparative | rooier | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | rooi | rooier | het rooist het rooiste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | rooie | rooiere | rooiste |
n. sing. | rooi | rooier | rooiste | |
plural | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
definite | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
partitive | roois | rooiers | — |
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