ruc

ruc (plural rucs)

1. Alternative form of roc.

• CRU, Cru, cru, cur

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the cry of a donkey or a cry used to call a donkey.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈruk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -uk

ruc m (plural rucs, feminine ruca, feminine plural ruques)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: ase, burro

2. (figurative) fool

• rucada
• ruquejar

ruc (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucs, feminine plural ruques)

1. foolish

• “ruc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ruc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ruc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

• ·rucc

• IPA^(key): /r͈uɡ/

·ruc

1. third-person singular perfect prototonic of beirid

Also sometimes used in absolute position, where deuterotonic forms are normally expected.

• ro·ucc, ro·uic (deuterotonic)

• Irish: rug