rooi
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rood, whose inflected form is rooie in various Dutch vernaculars. In Afrikaans the same alternation would be expected (cf. dood or goed), but the inflected stem was generalized (probably by analogy with other common colour adjectives, which are regularly unchanged in the attributive form).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːi̯ ~ ruə̯i̯/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
rooi (attributive rooi or (seldom) rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)
Inflection
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | rooi | rooi, rooie | rooie | rooies | roois |
| comparative | rooier | rooiere | rooieres | rooiers | |
| superlative | rooiste | rooistes | — | ||
Derived terms
See also
| wit | grys | swart |
| rooi; karmosyn | oranje; bruin | geel; room |
| lemmetjie | groen | mentgroen |
| siaan; teel | asuur, hemelsblou | blou |
| violet; indigo | magenta; pers | pienk |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːi̯/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oːi̯
Etymology 1
From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).
Adjective
rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)
- (informal, chiefly attributive) alternative form of rood (“red”)
Declension
| Declension of rooi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rooi | |||
| inflected | rooie | |||
| comparative | rooier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rooi | rooier | het rooist het rooiste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rooie | rooiere | rooiste |
| n. sing. | rooi | rooier | rooiste | |
| plural | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
| definite | rooie | rooiere | rooiste | |
| partitive | roois | rooiers | — | |
Etymology 2
Verb
rooi
- inflection of rooien:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- roi (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Noun
rooi