ruža

See also: ruza, rūza, and Růža

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin rosa.

A distant cognate of its synonym đȗl.

Noun

rúža f (Cyrillic spelling ру́жа)

1. rose

   Synonym: đȗl

Declension

Declension of ruža

	singular	plural
nominative	ruža	ruže
genitive	ruže	ruža
dative	ruži	ružama
accusative	ružu	ruže
vocative	ružo	ruže
locative	ruži	ružama
instrumental	ružom	ružama

Related terms

• rùžārīj

Further reading

• “ruža”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin rosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruʒa/, [ˈruʒa]
• Rhymes: -uʒa
• Hyphenation: ru‧ža

Noun

ruža f (relational adjective ružový or ružičkový or ružičkavý (dialectal), diminutive ružička or rúžatko (expressive, rare))

1. rose
2. erysipelas (infectious skin disease)
3. (poetic) red color

Declension

Declension of ruža
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	ruža	ruže
genitive	ruže	ruží
dative	ruži	ružiam
accusative	ružu	ruže
locative	ruži	ružiach
instrumental	ružou	ružami

Further reading

• “ruža”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026