ruduo
Lithuanian
Etymology
From the same stem as raūdas (“reddish brown”), rùdas (“brown”), apparently due to the color of the leaves. Cognate with Latvian rudens (“autumn”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾʊˈduɔ]
Noun
ruduõ m (plural rùdenys) stress pattern 3
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ruduõ | rùdenys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | rudeñs | rudenų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | rùdeniui | rudeni̇̀ms |
| accusative (galininkas) | rùdenį | rùdenis |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | rùdeniu | rudenimi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | rudenyjè | rudenysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | rudeniẽ | rùdenys |
See also
| Seasons in Lithuanian · mẽtų laikai̇̃ (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| pavãsaris (“spring”) | vãsara (“summer”) | ruduõ (“autumn”) | žiemà (“winter”) |
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ruduo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
Further reading
- “ruduo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025