See also: Ruds and RUDs

English

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Verb

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ruds

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rud

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *raudas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Cognates include Lithuanian rùdas (brown, reddish brown), Proto-Slavic *rudъ (Russian рудый (rudyj, bright red), Ukrainian ру́дий (rúdyj, red, red-haired), Czech rudý, Polish rudy), German rot, English red, Latin ruber (red).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ruds (definite rudais, comparative rudāks, superlative visrudākais, adverb rudi)

  1. (of, e.g., hair) red, red-haired; reddish yellow, brownish yellow with a tone of red
    ruds runcisred tomcat
    ruda lapsared fox
    rudas acisred eyes
    ruda bārdared beard
    rudi matired hair
    ruda ķēvered, chestnut mare
    priežu rudie stumbrired pine trunks

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ruds”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN