ruc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ruc"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ruuli with c as a placeholder.

Symbol

ruc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ruuli.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ruuli terms

English

Noun

ruc (plural rucs)

1. Alternative form of roc.

Anagrams

• CRU, Cru, cru, cur

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the cry of a donkey or a cry used to call a donkey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈruk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

ruc m (plural rucs, feminine ruca, feminine plural ruques)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: ase, burro

2. (figurative) fool

Derived terms

• rucada
• ruquejar

Adjective

ruc (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucs, feminine plural ruques)

1. foolish

Further reading

• “ruc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ruc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ruc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·rucc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruɡ/

Verb

·ruc

1. third-person singular perfect prototonic of beirid

Usage notes

Also sometimes used in absolute position, where deuterotonic forms are normally expected.

Related terms

• ro·ucc, ro·uic (deuterotonic)

Descendants

• Irish: rug

Mutation

Mutation of ·ruc

radical	lenition	nasalization
·ruc	·ruc pronounced with /ɾ-/	·ruc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.