English

Verb

ruds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of rud

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) rauds

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *raud, *rud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‎(“red”). Cognates include Lithuanian rùdas ‎(“brown, reddish brown”), Proto-Slavic *rudъ (Russian рудый ‎(rúdyj, “bright red”), Ukrainian рудий ‎(rudyj, “red, red-haired”), Czech rudý, Polish rudy), German rot, English red, Latin ruber ‎(“red”).^[1]

Adjective

ruds (def. rudais, comp. rudāks, sup. visrudākais; adv. 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

Derived terms

• ieruds
• rudmatains, rudmatis, rudmate

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ruds”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7