ruik

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Verb

ruik (present ruik, present participle ruikende, past participle geruik)

1. to smell

Related terms

• reuk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœy̯k/

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Verb

ruik

1. inflection of ruiken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From ruigama, from the sound these birds make.

Noun

ruik (genitive ruiga, partitive ruika)

1. a water rail

Declension

Declension of ruik (ÕS type 22i/külm, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ruik	ruigad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ruiga
genitive			ruikade
partitive		ruika	ruiki ruikasid
illative		ruika ruigasse	ruikadesse ruigisse
inessive		ruigas	ruikades ruigis
elative		ruigast	ruikadest ruigist
allative		ruigale	ruikadele ruigile
adessive		ruigal	ruikadel ruigil
ablative		ruigalt	ruikadelt ruigilt
translative		ruigaks	ruikadeks ruigiks
terminative		ruigani	ruikadeni
essive		ruigana	ruikadena
abessive		ruigata	ruikadeta
comitative		ruigaga	ruikadega