ruca
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Feminine form of ruc
Noun edit
ruca f (plural ruques)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin eruca (“a type of cabbage”). Doublet of eruga.
Noun edit
ruca f (plural ruques)
- rocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US)
- annual wall-rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)
- Synonym: ravenissa mural
- (usually in the plural) a hair on the back of the neck
Further reading edit
- “ruca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Doublet of eruca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ruca f (plural ruche)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·ruca
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·ruca also ·rruca |
·ruca pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ruca f (plural rucas)
- female equivalent of ruco
Adjective edit
ruca
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Mapudungun ruka (“house”).
Noun edit
ruca f (plural rucas)
Further reading edit
- “ruca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014