Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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ruda (bog iron) +‎ -awy, from Proto-Slavic *rudъ (red).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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rudawy

  1. containing bog iron ore
  2. dirty red (from or as if from bog iron ore)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “rudawy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “rudawy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag