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ruadh

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Irish

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Adjective

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

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

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Declension of ruadh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive 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

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ruadh m

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Noun

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ruadh f (genitive singular ruaidhe)

  1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

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

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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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

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

Declension

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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

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See also

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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

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  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