рухо

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ruxo, originally referring to any wearable property (garments, fabrics, clothing, rags). Loaned into Romanian rufă (“undergarments”), Greek ρούχο (roúcho, “clothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruxo]

Noun

ру́хо • (rúho) n

1. (dialectal) clothing, dress, robe

   Synonyms: облекло́ (oblekló), носи́я (nosíja), оде́жда (odéžda), премя́на (premjána)

2. (dialectal) garment, cloth, linen

   Synonyms: плат (plat), (obsolescent) оде́я (odéja)

Declension

Declension of ру́хо

	singular	plural
indefinite	ру́хо rúho	ру́ха rúha
definite	ру́хото rúhoto	ру́хата rúhata

Alternative forms

• ру́о (rúo) — colloquial, with elided -х-

Related terms

• ру́ша (rúša, “to wear away, to destroy”)
• ру́ха (rúha, “deformation”) (dialectal)
• ру́но (rúno, “fleece”)

References

• “рухо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рухо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рухо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 355

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ruxo (Polish rucho), Compare руно.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûxo/
• Hyphenation: ру‧хо

Noun

ру̏хо n (Latin spelling rȕho)

1. clothes, attire, garment

Declension

Declension of рухо

	singular	plural
nominative	рухо	руха
genitive	руха	руха
dative	руху	рухима
accusative	рухо	руха
vocative	рухо	руха
locative	руху	рухима
instrumental	рухом	рухима

References

• “рухо”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024