rúta

See also: ruta, Ruta, rūta, Rūta, and rută

Icelandic

Etymology

An English loanword from the Second World War from route.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːta/

  Rhymes: -uːta

Noun

rúta f (genitive singular rútu, nominative plural rútur)

1. bus, coach (for touring, intercity travel, etc.)

Declension

Declension of rúta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rúta	rútan	rútur	rúturnar
accusative	rútu	rútuna	rútur	rúturnar
dative	rútu	rútunni	rútum	rútunum
genitive	rútu	rútunnar	rúta	rútanna

See also

• strætisvagn, strætó

Anagrams

• trúa

Irish

Etymology

From English root, from Middle English rote, from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠuːt̪ˠə/

Noun

rúta m (genitive singular rúta, nominative plural rútaí)

1. root (part of a plant)

   rúta cabháiste ― cabbage stalk or stump

2. stock (trunk and woody main stems of a tree)
3. (figurative) something stumpy or stocky

   rútaí cos ― strong, stocky legs

Synonyms

• (root): fréamh
• (stock): stoc

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “rúta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 584
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN