rufa

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See also: rufă

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Back-formation from arrufar.

Noun

rufa f (plural rufes)

  1. wrinkle, pucker
    Synonyms: bossa, arruga

Etymology 2

Perhaps from rufaga.

Noun

rufa f (plural rufes)

  1. snowstorm
Derived terms

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūfus. Compare Italian rufo, English rufous.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ufa
  • Hyphenation: ru‧fa

Adjective

rufa (accusative singular rufan, plural rufaj, accusative plural rufajn)

  1. ginger, russet, redheaded

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ruff.

Noun

rufa m (genitive singular rufa, nominative plural rufaí)

  1. ruff, frill
  2. (in the plural) sea belt (Saccharina latissima)

Declension

Declension of rufa (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative rufa rufaí
vocative a rufa a rufaí
genitive rufa rufaí
dative rufa rufaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an rufa na rufaí
genitive an rufa na rufaí
dative leis an rufa
don rufa
leis na rufaí

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.fa/
  • Rhymes: -ufa
  • Hyphenation: rù‧fa

Adjective

rufa

  1. feminine singular of rufo

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

rūfa

  1. inflection of rūfus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rūfā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rūfus

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch roef (cabin, wooden cover, deckhouse).

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ufa
  • Syllabification: ru‧fa

Noun

rufa f (related adjective rufowy)

  1. stern (rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
  2. (Far Masovian) ladder mounted on supports to which straw and hay are given to sheep

Declension

Further reading

  • rufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

rufa

  1. inflection of rufar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, wrought silver).

Noun

rufa (Hanifi spelling 𐴌𐴟𐴉𐴝)

  1. silver

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrufa/
  • Rhymes: -ufa
  • Syllabification: ru‧fa

Adjective

rufa

  1. feminine singular of rufo