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English
Noun
ruc (plural rucs)
- Alternative form of roc
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the cry of a donkey or a cry used to call a donkey.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruc m (plural rucs, feminine ruca)
- donkey
- Synonyms: ase, burro
- (figurative) fool
Derived terms
Adjective
ruc (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucs, feminine plural ruques)
- foolish
Further reading
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·ruc
- third-person singular perfect prototonic of beirid
Usage notes
Also sometimes used in absolute position, where deuterotonic forms are normally expected.
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of ruc
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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·ruc
also ·rruc
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·ruc
pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.