ruca
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Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Feminine form of ruc
Noun
[edit]ruca f (plural ruques)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin eruca (“a type of cabbage”). Doublet of eruga.
Noun
[edit]ruca f (plural ruques)
- rocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US)
- annual wall-rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)
- Synonym: ravenissa mural
- (usually in the plural) a hair on the back of the neck
Further reading
[edit]- “ruca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Doublet of eruca.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruca f (plural ruche)
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]·ruca
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
·ruca also ·rruca |
·ruca 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.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruca f (plural rucas)
- female equivalent of ruco
Adjective
[edit]ruca
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Mapudungun ruka (“house”).
Noun
[edit]ruca f (plural rucas)
Further reading
[edit]- “ruca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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