rud

See also: Rud, RUD, and rúd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rud (uncountable)

1. redness; blush
2. ruddle; red ochre
3. Alternative form of rudd (the fish).

Verb

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

See also

• rudden
• ruddy

Etymology 2

Verb

1. (UK, dialect) To rub; to polish.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• DUR, Dur., Urd, dur, urd

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʊd̪ˠ/

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruda, nominative plural rudaí)

1. thing
   1. material object
   2. matter, circumstance; act, event, affair, idea
2. person, creature
3. means, substance
   1. benefit, gain
   2. thing of consequence
   3. way of acting
4. thing asked for
5. concern, sorrow
6. affection
7. wit, understanding

Declension

Declension of rud

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rud rudaí Vocative a rud a rudaí Genitive ruda rudaí Dative rud rudaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rud na rudaí Genitive an ruda na rudaí Dative leis an rud don rud leis na rudaí

Synonyms

• ní
• (object): oibiacht, réad

Derived terms

• anrud (“great quantity or number; too much concern, excessive desire”)
• céard (“what”, interrogative)
• éard, séard (“what”, relative)
• fo-rud (“odd, incidental thing”)
• rud beag (“a little, a bit”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rut/

Noun

rud

1. genitive plural of ruda

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruid, plural rudan)

1. thing

Derived terms

• rudail
• rudeigin
• rud sam bith

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “rud”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûːd/

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

From Proto-Slavic *rudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûːd/

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
• “rud” in Hrvatski jezični portal