ruc

See also: RUC and rực

English

Noun

ruc (plural rucs)

1. Alternative form of roc

Anagrams

• CRU, Cru, cru, cur

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the cry of a donkey or a cry used to call a donkey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈruk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

ruc m (plural rucs, feminine ruca)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: ase, burro

2. (figurative) fool

Derived terms

• rucada
• ruquejar

Adjective

ruc (feminine ruca, masculine plural rucs, feminine plural ruques)

1. foolish

Further reading

• “ruc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ruc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ruc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·rucc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈uɡ/

Verb

·ruc

1. third-person singular perfect prototonic of beirid

Usage notes

Also sometimes used in absolute position, where deuterotonic forms are normally expected.

Related terms

• ro·ucc, ro·uic (deuterotonic)

Descendants

• Irish: rug

Mutation

Mutation of ruc

radical	lenition	nasalization
·ruc also ·rruc	·ruc pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.