ruig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, rou, from Old Dutch *rūh, *rū, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz, *rūhwaz.

The original stem ended in -h-, which disappeared between vowels, giving *rū- in the inflected forms in Old Dutch. This then gave rise to an alternative uninflected form *rū, which developed into Middle Dutch ru, rou, modern Dutch ruw, rouw. The original uninflected form was back-formed to ruig based on other words with -ch in the uninflected form and -g- in inflected forms, similar to what happened to hoog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rœy̯x/

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• Rhymes: -œy̯x

Adjective

ruig (comparative ruiger, superlative ruigst)

1. rough, rugged, bristly
2. raucous, boisterous

Declension

Declension of ruig
uninflected	ruig
inflected	ruige
comparative	ruiger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		ruig	ruiger	het ruigst het ruigste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	ruige	ruigere	ruigste
	n. sing.	ruig	ruiger	ruigste
	plural	ruige	ruigere	ruigste
definite		ruige	ruigere	ruigste
partitive		ruigs	ruigers	—

Synonyms

• grof
• rauw
• ruw

 

Derived terms

• ruigaard
• ruigheid
• ruigpootbuizerd
• ruigte

 

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·icc.

Verb

ruig (past ràinig, future ruigidh, verbal noun ruigsinn or ruighinn or ruigheachd, past participle ruigte)

1. reach
2. arrive

Derived terms

• ruigidh each mall muileann