rúad

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r͈uːa̯ð]

Adjective

rúad

1. red, reddish

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rúad	rúad	rúad
Vocative	rúaid* rúad**
Accusative	rúad	rúaid
Genitive	rúaid	rúaide	rúaid
Dative	rúad	rúaid	rúad
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	rúaid	rúada
Vocative	rúadu rúada†
Accusative	rúadu rúada†
Genitive	rúad
Dative	rúadaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Synonyms

• derg

Descendants

• Irish: rua
• Manx: ruy
• Scottish Gaelic: ruadh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
rúad also rrúad after a proclitic ending in a vowel	rúad pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language