rudzi

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Rudzu

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *urugʰya-, *urugʰyo- (“rye”). Cognates include Lithuanian rugỹs, rugiaĩ, Old Prussian rugis, ruggis, Proto-Slavic *rъžь (Russian, Ukrainian рожь (rož'), Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Czech rež, Polish reż), Proto-Germanic *rughi- (Old High German rocko, German Roggen, Dutch rogge, Old English ryge, English rye, Old Norse rugr, Swedish råg, Danish rug). The Proto-Indo-European original term may have been a borrowing from a Far Eastern language.

Noun

rudzi m pl, 1st declension

1. rye (a grass, Secale sereale, or its grains, used for food or fodder)

   sēt, pļaut rudzus — to sow, to mow rye

   lopi sagājuši rudzos — the animals went into the rye (field)

   pūrs rudzu — portion of rye

   malt rudzus — to pound rye

   rudzu maize — rye bread

Declension

declension of rudzi

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	rudzi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	rudzus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	rudzu
dative (datīvs)	—	rudziem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	rudziem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	rudzos
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	rudzi

Derived terms

• rudzu maize

References