ruaig

Irish

Alternative forms

• ruag

Etymology

From Middle Irish rúac (noun) and rúacaid (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠuəɟ/

Noun

ruaig f (genitive singular ruaige, nominative plural ruaigeanna)

1. attack (sudden onset of disease)

   Synonym: taom

2. rout (convincing defeat)

   Synonym: maidhm

3. incursion
4. very short or hurried visit
5. (literary) course, career

Declension

Declension of ruaig (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ruaig ruaigeanna vocative a ruaig a ruaigeanna genitive ruaige ruaigeanna dative ruaig ruaigeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ruaig na ruaigeanna genitive na ruaige na ruaigeanna dative leis an ruaig don ruaig leis na ruaigeanna

Verb

ruaig (present analytic ruaigeann, future analytic ruaigfidh, verbal noun ruaigeadh, past participle ruaigthe)

1. to drive away, drive out, expel, repel, repulse
2. to chase away, chase off
3. to rout, put to flight
4. to banish
5. to disperse (scatter), dispel

   Synonym: scaoil

Conjugation

conjugation of ruaig (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	ruaigeadh
past participle	ruaigthe
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	ruaigim	ruaigeann tú; ruaigir†	ruaigeann sé, sí	ruaigimid	ruaigeann sibh	ruaigeann siad; ruaigid†	a ruaigeann; a ruaigeas	ruaigtear
past	ruaig mé; ruaigeas	ruaig tú; ruaigis	ruaig sé, sí	ruaigeamar; ruaig muid	ruaig sibh; ruaigeabhair	ruaig siad; ruaigeadar	a ruaig / ar ruaig*	ruaigeadh
past habitual	ruaiginn	ruaigteá	ruaigeadh sé, sí	ruaigimis; ruaigeadh muid	ruaigeadh sibh	ruaigidís; ruaigeadh siad	a ruaigeadh / a ruaigeadh*	ruaigtí
future	ruaigfidh mé; ruaigfead	ruaigfidh tú; ruaigfir†	ruaigfidh sé, sí	ruaigfimid; ruaigfidh muid	ruaigfidh sibh	ruaigfidh siad; ruaigfid†	a ruaigfidh; a ruaigfeas	ruaigfear
conditional	ruaigfinn	ruaigfeá	ruaigfeadh sé, sí	ruaigfimis; ruaigfeadh muid	ruaigfeadh sibh	ruaigfidís; ruaigfeadh siad	a ruaigfeadh / a ruaigfeadh*	ruaigfí
subjunctive
present	go ruaige mé; go ruaigead†	go ruaige tú; go ruaigir†	go ruaige sé, sí	go ruaigimid; go ruaige muid	go ruaige sibh	go ruaige siad; go ruaigid†	—	go ruaigtear
past	dá ruaiginn	dá ruaigteá	dá ruaigeadh sé, sí	dá ruaigimis; dá ruaigeadh muid	dá ruaigeadh sibh	dá ruaigidís; dá ruaigeadh siad	—	dá ruaigtí
imperative
–	ruaigim	ruaig	ruaigeadh sé, sí	ruaigimis	ruaigigí; ruaigidh†	ruaigidís	—	ruaigtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Further reading

• “ruaig”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúac, ruaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúacaid, rúaicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 580
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 581
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59