ruaig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠuəɟ/

Noun

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

Verb

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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