ruds

See also: Ruds and RUDs

English

Verb

ruds

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rud

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Latvian

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Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *raudas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Cognates include Lithuanian rùdas (“brown, reddish brown”), Proto-Slavic *rudъ (Russian рудый (rudyj, “bright red”), Ukrainian ру́дий (rúdyj, “red, red-haired”), Czech rudý, Polish rudy), German rot, English red, Latin ruber (“red”).[1]

Adjective

ruds (definite rudais, comparative rudāks, superlative visrudākais, adverb rudi)

  1. (of, e.g., hair) red, red-haired; reddish yellow, brownish yellow with a tone of red
    ruds runcis ― red tomcat
    ruda lapsa ― red fox
    rudas acis ― red eyes
    ruda bārda ― red beard
    rudi mati ― red hair
    ruda ķēve ― red, chestnut mare
    priežu rudie stumbri ― red pine trunks

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ruds”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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