ruadh

Irish

Adjective

ruadh (genitive singular masculine ruaidh, genitive singular feminine ruaidhe, plural ruadha, comparative ruaidhe)

1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

Declension of ruadh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ruadh	ruadh	ruadha
Vocative	ruaidh		ruadha
Genitive		ruadhe	ruadha	ruadh
Dative	ruadh	ruadh; ruaidh (archaic)	ruadha
Comparative	níos ruadhe
Superlative	is ruadhe

Noun

ruadh m

1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Noun

ruadh f (genitive singular ruaidhe)

1. Superseded spelling of rua.

Declension

Declension of ruadh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ruadh Vocative a ruadh Genitive ruaidhe Dative ruadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ruadh Genitive na ruaidhe Dative leis an ruadh don ruadh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rˠuəɣ/

Adjective

ruadh

1. red, auburn
2. redheaded

   'S e rìbhinn ruadh mhaiseach a th' innte. ― She's a fair red-haired maiden.

Usage notes

• Used for dark, brownish red. For light, bright red, dearg is used.

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	ruadh	ruadh	ruadha
Vocative	ruaidh	ruadh	ruadha
Genitive	ruaidh	ruaidh/ruaidhe	ruadha
Dative	ruadh	ruaidh	ruadha

Derived terms

• às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from all corners of the earth”)
• gille-ruadh (“parr”)
• sgillinn ruadh (“penny”)
• an Tuil Ruadh (“the Deluge”)

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language