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ruig

ruig

Dutch

Adjective

ruig ‎(comparative ruiger, superlative ruigst)

  1. rough, rugged

Inflection

Inflection of ruig
uninflected ruig
inflected ruige
comparative ruiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ruig ruiger het ruigst
het ruigste
indefinite m./f. sing. ruige ruigere ruigste
n. sing. ruig ruiger ruigste
plural ruige ruigere ruigste
definite ruige ruigere ruigste
partitive ruigs ruigers —

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

ruig ‎(past ràinig, future ruigidh, verbal noun ruigsinn or ruighinn or ruigheachd, past participle ruigte)

  1. reach
  2. arrive

Participles

Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' ruigsinn/a' ruighinn/a' ruigheachd --
Past ràinig ruigeadh
Future ruigidh ruigear
Conditional ruigeadh ruigteadh

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, rou, from Old Dutch *rūh, *rū, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz, *rūhwaz. The original stem ended in -h-, which disappeared between vowels, giving *rū- in the inflected forms in Old Dutch. This then gave rise to an alternative uninflected form *rū, which developed into Middle Dutch ru, rou, modern Dutch ruw, rouw. The original uninflected form was back-formed to ruig based on other words with -ch in the uninflected form and -g- in inflected forms, similar to what happened to hoog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rœyx]
  • Rhymes: -œy̯x

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