ruta

See also: Ruta, rúta, rūta, Rūta, and rută

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Asturian

Verb

ruta

1. third-person singular present indicative of rutar
2. second-person singular imperative of rutar

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Catalan

Etymology

From French route.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈru.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ta/

Noun

ruta f (plural rutes)

1. route

Further reading

• “ruta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Irish

Etymology

Noun

ruta m (genitive singular ruta, nominative plural rutaí)

1. rut, beaten track
2. place, district

Declension

Declension of ruta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ruta rutaí Vocative a ruta a rutaí Genitive ruta rutaí Dative ruta rutaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ruta na rutaí Genitive an ruta na rutaí Dative leis an ruta don ruta leis na rutaí

Further reading

• "ruta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).

Noun

ruta f (plural rute)

1. rue (plant)

Anagrams

• Artù, tura, urta

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kurutta as an equivalent of English take off in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾuta/

Verb

ruta (infinitive kũruta)

1. to take out from
2. to remove, to take away

   Mũmeni ũngĩ amũrutaga mbakĩ iniũrũ. - One who hates another takes away his sniff from his nose.

3. to teach
4. to obtain, to produce

   Ndũgũ ĩrutagwo njĩra-inĩ. - Friendship is usually made on the road.

Synonyms

• (to teach): kuonia

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• kũrutana
• kũrutĩra

(Nouns)

• mũrutani class 1

(Idioms)

• kũruta wĩra - to work

(Proverbs)

• mũmenwo arutagwo mbakĩ iniũrũ

References

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ), from a Peloponnesian language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.ta/

Noun

rūta f (genitive rūtae); first declension

1. rue (bitter herb)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rūta	rūtae
Genitive	rūtae	rūtārum
Dative	rūtae	rūtīs
Accusative	rūtam	rūtās
Ablative	rūtā	rūtīs
Vocative	rūta	rūtae

Participle

ruta

1. nominative feminine singular of rutus
2. nominative neuter plural of rutus
3. accusative neuter plural of rutus
4. vocative feminine singular of rutus
5. vocative neuter plural of rutus

rutā

1. ablative feminine singular of rutus

Descendants

• Catalan: ruda
• Dalmatian: roita
• → English: rue
• French: rue
• Friulian: rude
• Italian: ruta
• Portuguese: arruda
• Romanian: rută
• Spanish: ruda
• Translingual: Ruta
• Venetian: ruda, rua

References

• ruta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ruta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ruta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ruta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ruten

Noun

ruta m sg, f sg

1. definite feminine singular of rute

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruta f sg

1. definite singular of rute

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ta/

Noun

ruta f

1. rue (plant)

Declension

declension of ruta

	singular	plural
nominative	ruta	ruty
genitive	ruty	rut
dative	rucie	rutom
accusative	rutę	ruty
instrumental	rutą	rutami
locative	rucie	rutach
vocative	ruto	ruty

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.ta]

Noun

ruta f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of rută.

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Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-túnda.

Verb

ruta

1. to learn
2. to read

Descendants

• → Phuthi: -rûda

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French route, from the Latin phrase via rupta (“a paved, cleared or 'broken' road”).

Noun

ruta f (plural rutas)

1. highway
2. route

   Synonym: recorrido

3. (computing) path

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ruta c

1. square, tile (as on a checkerboard)
2. windowpane (a piece of glass)

   Synonym: fönsterruta

3. panel (single frame in a comic strip)
4. lozenge (diamond-shaped heraldic charge)

Declension

Declension of ruta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ruta	rutan	rutor	rutorna
Genitive	rutas	rutans	rutors	rutornas

Related terms

• (square): rutig, rutad

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish ruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ta/

Noun

rúta

1. route

See also

• daan
• kalye
• kalsada