ruadh

Irish

Adjective

ruadh (genitive singular masculine ruaidh, genitive singular feminine ruaidhe, plural ruadha, comparative ruaidhe)

  1. superseded spelling of rua

Declension

Declension of ruadh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ruadh ruadh ruadha
vocative ruaidh ruadha
genitive ruadhe ruadha ruadh
dative ruadh ruadh;
ruaidh (archaic)
ruadha
Comparative níos ruadhe
Superlative is ruadhe

Noun

ruadh m

  1. superseded spelling of rua

Noun

ruadh f (genitive singular ruaidhe)

  1. superseded spelling of rua

Declension

Declension of ruadh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ruadh
vocative a ruadh
genitive ruaidhe
dative ruadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ruadh
genitive na ruaidhe
dative leis an ruadh
don ruadh

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /rˠuəɣ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [rˠʊɔ̝̈ɣ][2]

Adjective

ruadh

  1. red, auburn
  2. (hair color) redheaded, red-haired, ginger
    'S e rìbhinn ruadh mhaiseach a th' innte.She's a fair red-haired maiden.

Usage notes

  • Used for dark, brownish red. For light, bright red, dearg is used.

Declension

Declension of ruadh (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative ruadh ruadh ruadha
genitive ruaidh ruaidhe ruadha
dative ruadh ruaidh ruadha
vocative ruaidh ruadh ruadha

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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