rúad

rúad

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈uːa̯ð/

Adjective

rúad

1. red, reddish

Synonyms

• derg
• flann
• forrúad

Descendants

• Irish: rua
• Manx: ruy
• Scottish Gaelic: ruadh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
rúad also rrúad after a proclitic	rúad pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	rúad also rrúad after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “rúad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.