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Webster 1913 Edition


Ruga


Ru′ga

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Rugae
(#)
.
[L.]
(Nat. Hist.)
A wrinkle; a fold;
as, the
rugae
of the stomach
.

Definition 2024


ruga

ruga

See also: ruĝa and rugă

English

Noun

ruga (plural rugae)

  1. (anatomy, biology) a crease or wrinkle
    • 1997, the deadly water-snakes coil’d together like the Rugæ of a single great Brain, the gray and even illumination from the Sky. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ruga.

Noun

ruga f (plural rughe)

  1. wrinkle, line

Derived terms

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (to become encrusted), extension of *krew- (scab), related to Sanskrit रूक्ष (rūkṣa).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rūga f (genitive rūgae); first declension

  1. crease (on the face), wrinkle

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rūga rūgae
genitive rūgae rūgārum
dative rūgae rūgīs
accusative rūgam rūgās
ablative rūgā rūgīs
vocative rūga rūgae

Derived terms

Descendants

References


  1. Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ruga. Cognate of rua (street).

Pronunciation

Noun

ruga f (plural rugas)

  1. wrinkle
  2. crease

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rogāre, present active infinitive of rogō, from Proto-Indo-European *rog-, Indo-European ablaut of *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ruˈɡa]

Verb

a ruga (third-person singular present roagă, past participle rugat) 1st conj.

  1. to ask (for)
  2. to pray
  3. to beg, implore

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • rugare

Related terms

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Sardinian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin eruca.

Noun

ruga f

  1. caterpillar

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Veps

Noun

ruga

  1. resin

Inflection

Inflection of ruga
nominative sing. ruga
genitive sing. rugan
partitive sing. rugad
partitive plur. rugid
singular plural
nominative ruga rugad
accusative rugan rugad
genitive rugan rugiden
partitive rugad rugid
essive-instructive rugan rugin
translative rugaks rugikš
inessive rugas rugiš
elative rugaspäi rugišpäi
illative ? rugihe
adessive rugal rugil
ablative rugalpäi rugilpäi
allative rugale rugile
abessive rugata rugita
comitative ruganke rugidenke
prolative rugadme rugidme
approximative I ruganno rugidenno
approximative II rugannoks rugidennoks
egressive rugannopäi rugidennopäi
terminative I ? rugihesai
terminative II rugalesai rugilesai
terminative III rugassai
additive I ? rugihepäi
additive II rugalepäi rugilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), смола”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika