ruien

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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With regular syncope of intervocalic -d- from earlier ruiden, from Middle Dutch *ruden (attested in derived terms). Probably from Proto-West Germanic *riudijan, whence archaic German reuten (to uproot, clear), an ablaut variant of Proto-West Germanic *rodōn, whence Dutch rooien, German roden.

Alternatively compare perhaps ruit (mange), regionally also rui, ruide, from Proto-Germanic *hrūþǭ, as hair loss is one of the main symptoms of mange in animals. The latter is probably related with Dutch roof (scab), to which compare the variant ruiven above (though the -v- can also be explained as the fortition of an epenthetic -w- in hiatus).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrœy̯.ə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rui‧en
  • Rhymes: -œy̯ən

Verb

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ruien

  1. to moult, to shed (of animals; lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ruien (weak)
infinitive ruien
past singular ruide
past participle geruid
infinitive ruien
gerund ruien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rui ruide
2nd person sing. (jij) ruit, rui2 ruide
2nd person sing. (u) ruit ruide
2nd person sing. (gij) ruit ruide
3rd person singular ruit ruide
plural ruien ruiden
subjunctive sing.1 ruie ruide
subjunctive plur.1 ruien ruiden
imperative sing. rui
imperative plur.1 ruit
participles ruiend geruid
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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