ruaig

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish rúac (noun) and rúacaid (verb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruaig f (genitive singular ruaige, nominative plural ruaigeanna)

  1. attack (sudden onset of disease)
    Synonym: taom
  2. rout (convincing defeat)
    Synonym: maidhm
  3. incursion
  4. very short or hurried visit
  5. (literary) course, career

Declension

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Verb

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ruaig (present analytic ruaigeann, future analytic ruaigfidh, verbal noun ruaigeadh, past participle ruaigthe)

  1. to drive away, drive out, expel, repel, repulse
  2. to chase away, chase off
  3. to rout, put to flight
  4. to banish
  5. to disperse (scatter), dispel
    Synonym: scaoil

Conjugation

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Further reading

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