rud

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See also: Rud, RUD, rúd, and rüd

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (to be ruddy) (compare rudu (redness)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (red); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).

Noun

rud (uncountable)

  1. redness; blush
  2. ruddle; red ochre

Verb

rud (third-person singular simple present ruds, present participle rudding, simple past and past participle rudded)

  1. (intransitive) To become red; redden.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make red.

Etymology 2

Noun

rud (plural ruds)

  1. Alternative form of rudd (fish).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Pronunciation

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruda, nominative plural rudaí)

  1. thing, object, affair (material object)

Declension

Declension of rud (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative rud rudaí
vocative a rud a rudaí
genitive ruda rudaí
dative rud rudaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an rud na rudaí
genitive an ruda na rudaí
dative leis an rud
don rud
leis na rudaí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • anrud (great quantity or number; too much concern, excessive desire)
  • céard (what, interrogative)
  • éard (what, relative)
  • fo-rud (odd, incidental thing)
  • rud beag (a little, a bit)
  • Seán Ó Rudaí (John Doe, John Citizen)
  • séard (what, relative)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 59, page 26
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 103, page 41

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

rud

  1. genitive plural of ruda

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Pronunciation

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruid, plural rudan)

  1. thing

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “rud”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫdъ (Bulgarian руд (rud), Polish rędzy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rȗd (Cyrillic spelling ру̑д, definite rȗdī)

  1. curly, shaggy, locky
Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rud ruda rudo
genitive ruda rude ruda
dative rudu rudoj rudu
accusative inanimate
animate
rud
ruda
rudu rudo
vocative rud ruda rudo
locative rudu rudoj rudu
instrumental rudim rudom rudim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi rude ruda
genitive rudih rudih rudih
dative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
accusative rude rude ruda
vocative rudi rude ruda
locative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
instrumental rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi ruda rudo
genitive rudog(a) rude rudog(a)
dative rudom(u/e) rudoj rudom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
rudi
rudog(a)
rudu rudo
vocative rudi ruda rudo
locative rudom(e/u) rudoj rudom(e/u)
instrumental rudim rudom rudim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi rude ruda
genitive rudih rudih rudih
dative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
accusative rude rude ruda
vocative rudi rude ruda
locative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
instrumental rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rudъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rȗd (Cyrillic spelling ру̑д, definite rȗdī)

  1. reddish-brown, carroty, foxy
Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rud ruda rudo
genitive ruda rude ruda
dative rudu rudoj rudu
accusative inanimate
animate
rud
ruda
rudu rudo
vocative rud ruda rudo
locative rudu rudoj rudu
instrumental rudim rudom rudim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi rude ruda
genitive rudih rudih rudih
dative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
accusative rude rude ruda
vocative rudi rude ruda
locative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
instrumental rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi ruda rudo
genitive rudog(a) rude rudog(a)
dative rudom(u/e) rudoj rudom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
rudi
rudog(a)
rudu rudo
vocative rudi ruda rudo
locative rudom(e/u) rudoj rudom(e/u)
instrumental rudim rudom rudim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative rudi rude ruda
genitive rudih rudih rudih
dative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
accusative rude rude ruda
vocative rudi rude ruda
locative rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)
instrumental rudim(a) rudim(a) rudim(a)

References

  • rud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • rud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Noun

rud c

  1. (dated) alternative form of ryd (forest clearing)