rú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ru"

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

rú

1. third-person plural of re

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rú (“red dye plant, lady's bedstraw, madder”), from Old French rue (“rue”), from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥῡτή (rhūtḗ). Rue itself is not used in dyeing; the association with red dye may be attributed to the word’s phonological similarity to rúad (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠuː/

Noun

rú m (genitive singular rú)

1. rue, Ruta spp.
2. lady's bedstraw, Galium verum

Synonyms

• (lady's bedstraw): rú Mhuire

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “rú”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

rú (ru², Zhuyin ㄖㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儒
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚅
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 如
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孺
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帤
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挐
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桇
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洰
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渪
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濡
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燸
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筎
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繺
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臑
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茹
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕠
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薷
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝚
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠏 / 蟹
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袽
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襦
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 邚
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醹
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 銛 / 铦
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑌 / 镔
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铲
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雺
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顬 / 颥
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱬 / 𱈗
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴽 / 𫛪
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䰭

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹʊw˦˥]
• (Vinh) IPA^(key): [ʐu˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *b-ruːʔ (“forest, mountain”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *bruʔ. Cognate with Muong Bi khũ (“stone, rock; mountain”), Tho [Cuoi Cham] pʰraw³ ("mountain, forest") and Chut [Rục] bruː³ ("forest").

Noun

rú • (柘, 󰓵, 𧀓)

1. (North Central Vietnam) forest, woods
2. (North Central Vietnam) mountain

   rú Hống ― the demotic name (tên Nôm) of the Hồng Lĩnh mountains

3. mountainous areas

Synonyms

• rừng

Derived terms

• rú ri
• rừng rú

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-ruː (“to bleat”). The tonal development is irregular.

Verb

rú

1. to shout, yell, scream

Derived terms

• rú ga