ruadh
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ruadh (genitive singular masculine ruaidh, genitive singular feminine ruaidhe, plural ruadha, comparative ruaidhe)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ruadh
Noun
[edit]ruadh m
Noun
[edit]ruadh f (genitive singular ruaidhe)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ruadh
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish rúad,[1] from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ruadh
Usage notes
[edit]- Used for dark, brownish red. For light, bright red, dearg is used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of ruadh (type I adjective)
Derived terms
[edit]- às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from all corners of the earth”)
- gille-ruadh (“parr”)
- sgillinn ruadh (“penny”)
- an Tuil Ruadh (“the Deluge”)
See also
[edit]bàn, geal | glas | dubh |
dearg; ruadh | orains; donn | buidhe; donn |
uaine | uaine | gorm |
liath; glas | liath | gorm |
purpaidh; guirmean | pinc; purpaidh | pinc |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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