ruds

ruds

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rud

• UDRS, Urds, surd

• (dialectal form) rauds

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”).^[1]

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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

• ieruds
• rudmatains, rudmatis, rudmate