ruig

From Middle Dutch ruuch, ru, rou, from Old Dutch *rūh, *rū, from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz, *rūhwaz. The original stem ended in -h-, which disappeared between vowels, giving *rū- in the inflected forms in Old Dutch. This then gave rise to an alternative uninflected form *rū, which developed into Middle Dutch ru, rou, modern Dutch ruw, rouw. The original uninflected form was back-formed to ruig based on other words with -ch in the uninflected form and -g- in inflected forms, similar to what happened to hoog.

• IPA^(key): /rœy̯x/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -œy̯x

ruig (comparative ruiger, superlative ruigst)

1. rough, rugged, bristly
2. raucous, boisterous

From Old Irish ro·icc.

ruig (past ràinig, future ruigidh, verbal noun ruigsinn or ruighinn or ruigheachd, past participle ruigte)

1. reach
2. arrive

• ruigidh each mall muileann