ruien

Dutch

Alternative forms

• ruiven (Belgium)
• ruyen, ruiden, ruyden (obsolete)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrœy̯.ə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: rui‧en
• Rhymes: -œy̯ən

Verb

ruien

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

Inflection

Inflection 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	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.

Derived terms

• rui

Anagrams

• ruïne