rud

See also: Rud, RUD, rúd, and rüd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

Etymology 1

From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).

Noun

rud (uncountable)

1. redness; blush
2. ruddle; red ochre

Verb

rud (third-person singular simple present ruds, present participle rudding, simple past and past participle rudded)

1. (intransitive) To become red; redden.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To make red.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Epithalamion”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded

Related terms

• ruddy

Etymology 2

Noun

rud (plural ruds)

1. Alternative form of rudd (“fish”).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Urd, Dur., DUR, dur, urd, Dru

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʊd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌd̪ˠ/, /ˈɾˠɨ̞d̪ˠ/

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruda, nominative plural rudaí)

1. thing, object, affair (material object)

Declension

Declension of rud (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rud rudaí vocative a rud a rudaí genitive ruda rudaí dative rud rudaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rud na rudaí genitive an ruda na rudaí dative leis an rud don rud leis na rudaí

Synonyms

• ní
• (object): oibiacht, réad

Derived terms

• anrud (“great quantity or number; too much concern, excessive desire”)
• céard (“what”, interrogative)
• éard (“what”, relative)
• fo-rud (“odd, incidental thing”)
• rud beag (“a little, a bit”)
• Seán Ó Rudaí (“John Doe, John Citizen”)
• séard (“what”, relative)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: rud
• Homophone: ród

Noun

rud

1. genitive plural of ruda

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rˠut̪/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [rˠʊt̪]

Noun

rud m (genitive singular ruid, plural rudan)

1. thing

Derived terms

• a h-uile rud
• rudail
• rudeigin
• rud sam bith

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “rud”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫdъ (Bulgarian руд (rud), Polish rędzy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûːd/

Adjective

rȗd (Cyrillic spelling ру̑д, definite rȗdī)

1. curly, shaggy, locky

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rud	ruda	rudo
genitive		ruda	rude	ruda
dative		rudu	rudoj	rudu
accusative	inanimate animate	rud ruda	rudu	rudo
vocative		rud	ruda	rudo
locative		rudu	rudoj	rudu
instrumental		rudim	rudom	rudim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	rude	ruda
genitive		rudih	rudih	rudih
dative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
accusative		rude	rude	ruda
vocative		rudi	rude	ruda
locative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
instrumental		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	ruda	rudo
genitive		rudog(a)	rude	rudog(a)
dative		rudom(u/e)	rudoj	rudom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	rudi rudog(a)	rudu	rudo
vocative		rudi	ruda	rudo
locative		rudom(e/u)	rudoj	rudom(e/u)
instrumental		rudim	rudom	rudim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	rude	ruda
genitive		rudih	rudih	rudih
dative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
accusative		rude	rude	ruda
vocative		rudi	rude	ruda
locative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
instrumental		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rûːd/

Adjective

rȗd (Cyrillic spelling ру̑д, definite rȗdī)

1. reddish-brown, carroty, foxy

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rud	ruda	rudo
genitive		ruda	rude	ruda
dative		rudu	rudoj	rudu
accusative	inanimate animate	rud ruda	rudu	rudo
vocative		rud	ruda	rudo
locative		rudu	rudoj	rudu
instrumental		rudim	rudom	rudim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	rude	ruda
genitive		rudih	rudih	rudih
dative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
accusative		rude	rude	ruda
vocative		rudi	rude	ruda
locative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
instrumental		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	ruda	rudo
genitive		rudog(a)	rude	rudog(a)
dative		rudom(u/e)	rudoj	rudom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	rudi rudog(a)	rudu	rudo
vocative		rudi	ruda	rudo
locative		rudom(e/u)	rudoj	rudom(e/u)
instrumental		rudim	rudom	rudim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		rudi	rude	ruda
genitive		rudih	rudih	rudih
dative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
accusative		rude	rude	ruda
vocative		rudi	rude	ruda
locative		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)
instrumental		rudim(a)	rudim(a)	rudim(a)

References

• “rud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “rud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Noun

rud c

1. (dated) Alternative form of ryd (“forest clearing”).