ruda

First employed for Pellicia ruda Mabille & Boullet 1916 (since synonymised with Nisoniades macarius), this epithet appears to be a mistakenly-formed feminine equivalent of the Latin rūdus n (“lump [esp. of copper or bronze], roof tile, débris, rubble”, noun), which was employed appositively in the forepublished Unio rudus Lea 1859 (since synonymised with Diplodon delodontus), but which had the appearance of a second-declension masculine adjective. A corresponding neuter form, *rudum appears not yet to have been employed.

ruda f

1. having reddish, brownish, or ochraceous colouring

Inherited from Latin rūta.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.ða]

ruda f (plural rudes)

1. (botany) rue

• “ruda”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ruda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈruda]

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ruda f

1. ore

• “ruda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ruda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʊd̪ˠə/

ruda m

1. genitive singular of rud

ruda f

1. ore

ruda

1. inflection of ruds:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rudas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Latvian ruds.

• IPA^(key): [rʊˈdɐ]

rudà f (plural rùdos)

1. brown

ruda

1. nominative/instrumental/vocative feminine singular of rudas

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʊ.dɐ]

ruda f

1. vocative singular of ruda

rùda

1. neuter of rudas

Colors in Lithuanian · spalvos (layout · text)

balta	pilka	juoda
raudona	oranžinė; ruda	geltona; gelsva
žalsva	žalia	elektrinė
žydra	dangaus mėlyna	mėlyna
violetinė	purpurinė; violetinė	rožinė, rūžava

From Proto-Slavic *ruda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈruda/

ruda f

1. ore
2. (specifically) bog iron ore

   Synonyms: bryła, žygaź

• rudawy

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ruda”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ruda”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Latin rūta (“rue”), from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).

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ruda f (plural rudas)

1. rue (plant)

• arruda (Gascony)
• arrua (Gascony)

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 569.

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.da/

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: ru‧da
• Homophone: Ruda

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ruda.

ruda f

1. (geology, mining) ore

From rudy +‎ -a.

ruda

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of rudy

ruda f (male equivalent rudy)

1. (nominalized, colloquial) female equivalent of rudy (“redhead; ginger; redhaired woman or girl”)

   Synonym: ryża

• ruda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ruda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ruda.

• IPA^(key): /rǔːda/
• Hyphenation: ru‧da

rúda f (Cyrillic spelling ру́да)

1. ore, mineral

ruda (Cyrillic spelling руда)

1. inflection of rud:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ruda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈruda]

ruda f (relational adjective rudný)

1. ore

• “ruda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *ruda.

• IPA^(key): /rùːda/

rúda f

1. ore (rock that contains utilitarian materials)

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	rúda
genitive	rúde
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rúda
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rúde
dative (dajȃlnik)	rúdi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rúdo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rúdi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rúdo

• “ruda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈruda/ [ˈru.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: ru‧da

From Latin rūta (“rue”), from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).

ruda f (plural rudas)

1. rue (plant)

See rudo.

ruda f (plural rudas)

1. female equivalent of rudo (“wrestling villian”)

ruda

1. feminine singular of rudo

• “ruda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rudà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀuda/
• Rhymes: -uda
• Hyphenation: ru‧da
• Syllabification: ru‧da

ruda f

1. (geology) ore (mineral used in the industrial production of a metal)

• “ruda” in Soblex

• rua

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ). Compare Italian ruta.

ruda f (plural rude)

1. rue (plant)