ruina

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See also: ruína, ruïna, ruiná, ruină, and ruiną

Asturian

Adjective

ruina

  1. feminine singular of ruin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ruine.

Pronunciation

Noun

ruina f

  1. ruin

Declension

Declension of ruina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative ruina ruiny
genitive ruiny ruin
dative ruině ruinám
accusative ruinu ruiny
vocative ruino ruiny
locative ruině ruinách
instrumental ruinou ruinami

Related terms

Further reading

  • ruina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ruina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

ruina

  1. third-person singular past historic of ruiner

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ì‧na

Noun

ruina f (plural ruine)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of rovina

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Latin

Etymology

From ruō (“I collapse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ruīna f (genitive ruīnae); first declension

  1. a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction
    Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, lētum, excidium, excidiō, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, pestis, perditiō, exitium
  2. ruins, debris

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ruīna ruīnae
Genitive ruīnae ruīnārum
Dative ruīnae ruīnīs
Accusative ruīnam ruīnās
Ablative ruīnā ruīnīs
Vocative ruīna ruīnae

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Descendants

References

  • “ruina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ruina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ruina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus ruina impendet
    • the house suddenly fell in ruins: domus subita ruina collapsa est
    • a breach: iter ruina patefactum
    • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)

Polish

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ruiny

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈi.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: ru‧i‧na

Noun

ruina f

  1. ruin (remains of destroyed construction)
  2. (colloquial) broken man, mess, train wreck (someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess; a disaster; one who is suffering personal ruin)
    Synonym: wrak

Declension

Declension of ruina
singular plural
nominative ruina ruiny
genitive ruiny ruin
dative ruinie ruinom
accusative ruinę ruiny
instrumental ruiną ruinami
locative ruinie ruinach
vocative ruino ruiny

Derived terms

noun
verbs

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ruiner, from Latin ruinare.

Pronunciation

Verb

a ruina (third-person singular present ruinează, past participle ruinat) 1st conj.

  1. to ruin

Conjugation

    conjugation of ruina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a ruina
gerund ruinând
past participle ruinat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present ruinez ruinezi ruinează ruinăm ruinați ruinează
imperfect ruinam ruinai ruina ruinam ruinați ruinau
simple perfect ruinai ruinași ruină ruinarăm ruinarăți ruinară
pluperfect ruinasem ruinaseși ruinase ruinaserăm ruinaserăți ruinaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să ruinez să ruinezi să ruineze să ruinăm să ruinați să ruineze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative ruinează ruinați
negative nu ruina nu ruinați

Derived terms

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Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrwina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: rui‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ruina.

Noun

ruina f (plural ruinas)

  1. ruin, decay, wreck (also figurative)
  2. decline, downfall
  3. (in the plural) ruins
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ruina

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

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