ruds

See also: Ruds and RUDs

English

Verb

ruds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rud

Anagrams

• UDRS, Urds, surd

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) rauds

Etymology

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”).

Adjective

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 runcis ― red tomcat

   ruda lapsa ― red fox

   rudas acis ― red eyes

   ruda bārda ― red beard

   rudi mati ― red hair

   ruda ķēve ― red, chestnut mare

   priežu rudie stumbri ― red pine trunks

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of ruds

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ruds	rudi		ruda	rudas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rudu	rudus		rudu	rudas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ruda	rudu		rudas	rudu
dative (datīvs)	rudam	rudiem		rudai	rudām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rudu	rudiem		rudu	rudām
locative (lokatīvs)	rudā	rudos		rudā	rudās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Derived terms

• ieruds
• rudmatains, rudmatis, rudmate