rodu

See also: rodů and роду

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrodu]

Noun

rodu

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of rod

Latvian

Verb

rodu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rast

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rodu, variant of *rod, from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (to clear); compare rēodan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈro.du/

Noun

rodu f

  1. (in charters) clearing, glade[1][2]
    Synonym: hryding

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative rodu roda, rode
accusative rode roda, rode
genitive rode roda
dative rode rodum

Descendants

  • Middle English: *rode
    • English: royd (Yorkshire)

References

  1. ^ Turville-Petre, Thorlac (10 November 2008) “The Etymology of ‘Road’”, in Notes and Queries, volume 55, number 4, →DOI, pages 405–406
  2. ^ Briggs, Keith (3 April 2018) “The Etymology of ‘Road’”, in Notes and Queries, volume 65, number 2, →DOI, pages 180–183

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.du/
  • Rhymes: -ɔdu
  • Syllabification: ro‧du

Noun

rodu m inan

  1. genitive singular of ród

Noun

rodu m inan

  1. genitive singular of rod

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rodu (Cyrillic spelling роду)

  1. dative/locative singular of rod

Noun

rodu (Cyrillic spelling роду)

  1. accusative singular of roda