Rod

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviated form of Rodney and of Roderick, both with roots originating from Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”).

Proper noun

Rod

1. A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rȍdъ.

Proper noun

Rod

1. The god of the family, ancestors and fate in Slavic mythology.

Translations

Slavic god

• Czech: Rod (pl) m
• Russian: Род m (Rod)

Anagrams

• dor, ODR, d'or, Ord, DOR, D. Or., ord, Dor., DRO, Dor, ORD, dro, RDO

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrot]

Proper noun

Rod m anim (female equivalent Rodová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Rod (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rod	Rodové
genitive	Roda	Rodů
dative	Rodovi	Rodům
accusative	Roda	Rody
vocative	Rode	Rodové
locative	Rodovi	Rodech
instrumental	Rodem	Rody

Further reading

• “Rod”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 156

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• root (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From the adjective rod, from Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːt/

Noun

Rod ? (plural Rode)

1. the color red

Derived terms

• weinrod, Weinrod

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb; Braun	Gelleb, Geel
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien (Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau (Hellblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch, Lila	Roserod

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

From rod.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rod m

1. A village in Tilișca, Sibiu, Romania

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôd/

Proper noun

Rȍd m (Cyrillic spelling Ро̏д)

1. Rhodes

References

• “Rod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024