ruadh

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Irish

Adjective

ruadh (genitive singular masculine ruaidh, genitive singular feminine ruaidhe, plural ruadha, comparative ruaidhe)

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

Declension of ruadh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ruadh ruadh ruadha
Vocative ruaidh ruadha
Genitive ruadhe ruadha ruadh
Dative ruadh ruadh;
ruaidh (archaic) 		ruadha
Comparative níos ruadhe
Superlative is ruadhe

Noun

ruadh m

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Noun

ruadh f (genitive singular ruaidhe)

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

Declension of ruadh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ruadh
Vocative a ruadh
Genitive ruaidhe
Dative ruadh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ruadh
Genitive na ruaidhe
Dative leis an ruadh

don ruadh

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ruadh

  1. red, auburn
  2. redheaded
    'S e rìbhinn ruadh mhaiseach a th' innte. ― She's a fair red-haired maiden.

Usage notes

  • Used for dark, brownish red. For light, bright red, dearg is used.

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative ruadh ruadh ruadha
Vocative ruaidh ruadh ruadha
Genitive ruaidh ruaidh/ruaidhe ruadha
Dative ruadh ruaidh ruadha

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orainds; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

References

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