rups
Dutch
Alternative forms
- rips (Southern Dutch, dialectal)
- roepe (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
- roeps (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
- rupse (dialectal)
- rupsene (obsolete)
- rusp (dated, dialectal)
- ruspe (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rupse, from earlier rupsene. Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rʏps/
- Rhymes: -ʏps
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Noun
rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)
- caterpillar
Hypernyms
- mot
- vlinder
Derived terms
- eikenprocessierups
- processierups
- rupsband
- rupsvoertuig
- zijderups
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ruspe
Latvian
Adjective
rups (rupais comparative, rupāks superlative, visrupākais adverb, rupi)
- (dialectal) coarse, harsh, rough; Alternative form of rupjš
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of rups
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | rups | rupi | rupa | rupas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | rupu | rupus | rupu | rupas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | rupa | rupu | rupas | rupu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | rupam | rupiem | rupai | rupām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | rupu | rupiem | rupu | rupām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | rupā | rupos | rupā | rupās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||