rug
Translingual
Symbol
rugCategory:Translingual lemmas#RUGCategory:Translingual symbols#RUGCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#RUGCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
See also
English
Etymology
UncertainCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#RUG; probably of North GermanicCategory:English terms derived from North Germanic languages#RUG origin; perhaps inherited via Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#RUGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#RUG *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old NorseCategory:English terms derived from Old Norse#RUG rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RUG *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough.
Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʌɡ/, [ˈɹʷʌɡ]Category:English 1-syllable words#RUGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
- (/ʌ/-fronting)
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia) IPA(key): /ˈɹɜɡ/, [ˈɹʷɜɡ]Category:English 1-syllable words#RUGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹäɡ/, [ˈɹʷä̝ɡ]; /ˈɹɐɡ/, [ˈɹʷɐ̞ɡ]Category:English 1-syllable words#RUGCategory:English 1-syllable words#RUGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
- Rhymes: -ʌɡCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌɡ#RUGCategory:Rhymes:English/ʌɡ/1 syllable#RUG
- Hyphenation: rug
Noun
rug (plural rugs)Category:English lemmas#RUGCategory:English nouns#RUGCategory:English countable nouns#RUGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
- (UKCategory:British English#RUG, AustraliaCategory:Australian English#RUG) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. [1591]
- 1855, William Howitt, A Boy′s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert′s Note-Book, page 254:
- They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia, page 2297:
- Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181,
- My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.″
- 1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books
- She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.
- 1997, Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes, page 22:
- He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#RUG, now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#RUG) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “The Historie of Irelande […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC:
- They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#RUG, now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#RUG) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. [1577]
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#RUG, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#RUG) A person wearing a rug. [1627]
- A cloth covering for a horse. [1790]
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#RUG, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#RUG) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. [1792]
- (slangCategory:English slang#RUG) The female pubic hair. [1893]
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- (slangCategory:English slang#RUG) A wig; a hairpiece. [1940]
- 1985 July 12, Martin Cropper, “Theatre: The Philanthropist”, in The Times, number 62,188, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 7:
- The intervening years have been kind to Edward Fox and John Wells, who now assume the principal roles, in allowing them to keep their full complement of hair. Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand up on end as if from shock, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let his limply swathe his forehead.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#RUG) A dense growth of chest hair. [1954]
- (USCategory:American English#RUG, slangCategory:English slang#RUG, ethnic slurCategory:English ethnic slurs#RUG) Ellipsis of rugheadCategory:English ellipses#RUG.
- 1980, John Irwin, Prisons in Turmoil, page 212:
- We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start wasting people around here.Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
Usage notes
- (partial floor covering): The terms rug and carpet are not precise synonyms: a rug covers part of the floor; a carpet covers most or a large area of the floor; a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- area rug
- brush something under the rug
- cut a rug
- cute as a bug in a rug
- cut the rug
- drug rug
- hearthrug
- lie like a cheap rug
- lie like a rug
- Nain rug
- Oriental rug
- oriental rug
- Persian rug
- prayer rug
- pull the rug
- pull the rug out from under
- rag rug
- rugburn
- rug-cutter
- rug-cutting
- rug-headed
- rug hooking
- rug joint
- rugless
- ruglike
- rugmaker
- rugmaking
- rug monkey
- rug muncher
- rug pilot
- rug pull
- rug-pull
- rug ranking
- rugrat
- rug rat
- rug rider
- scatter rug
- snug as a bug in a rug
- sweep something under the rug
- throw rug
- under the rug
- unrug
Translations
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Verb
rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)Category:English lemmas#RUGCategory:English verbs#RUGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#RUG) To cover with a rug.
- 1966, Margaret I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony, page 45:
- It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#RUG, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#RUG) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
- 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- “this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country […] ”Category:English terms with quotations#RUG
- Clipping of rug pullCategory:English clippings#RUG
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rug”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “rug”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “rug”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Category:en:Dogs#RUGCategory:en:Fabrics#RUGCategory:en:Hair#RUGCategory:en:Headwear#RUGCategory:en:Plants#RUGCategory:en:Textiles#RUGAfrikaans
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#RUGCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#RUG rug.
Pronunciation
Noun
rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#RUGCategory:Afrikaans nouns#RUGCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Category:af:Anatomy#RUGAromanian
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Aromanian terms inherited from Latin#RUGCategory:Aromanian terms derived from Latin#RUG rubus. Compare Romanian rug.
Alternative forms
Noun
rug m (plural rudz)Category:Aromanian lemmas#RUGCategory:Aromanian nouns#RUGCategory:Aromanian entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Aromanian masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from LatinCategory:Aromanian terms derived from Latin#RUG rogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.
Noun
rug m (plural rudz)Category:Aromanian lemmas#RUGCategory:Aromanian nouns#RUGCategory:Aromanian entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Aromanian masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- funeral pyre
Danish
Etymology
From Old DanishCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Danish#RUGCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Danish#RUG rugh, from Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#RUGCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#RUG rugr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#RUGCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RUG *rugiz.
Compare Norwegian Bokmål rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, and English rye.
Noun
rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)Category:Danish lemmas#RUGCategory:Danish nouns#RUGCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
rugCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Danish verb forms#RUGCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- imperative of ruge
References
- “rug” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#RUGCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#RUG rugge, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#RUGCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#RUG ruggi, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#RUGCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#RUG *hrugi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#RUGCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RUG *hrugjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rʏx/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#RUGAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: rug
- Rhymes: -ʏxCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx#RUGCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ʏx/1 syllable#RUG
Noun
rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#RUGCategory:Dutch nouns#RUGCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#RUGCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- back, backside
- (geologyCategory:nl:Geology#RUG) ridge
- (NetherlandsCategory:Netherlands Dutch#RUG, historicalCategory:Dutch terms with historical senses#RUG) ellipsis of rooie rug (“thousand-guilders banknote”)Category:Dutch ellipses#RUG
Derived terms
Descendants
Category:nl:Body parts#RUGElfdalian
Noun
rug mCategory:Elfdalian lemmas#RUGCategory:Elfdalian nouns#RUGCategory:Elfdalian entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Elfdalian masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Elfdalian noun entries#RUGCategory:Requests for inflections in Elfdalian entries#RUG Category:ovd:Grains#RUGCategory:ovd:Hordeeae tribe grasses#RUGFaroese
Noun
rugCategory:Faroese non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Faroese noun forms#RUGCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Irish
Etymology
From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#RUGCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#RUG ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.
Pronunciation
Verb
rugCategory:Irish non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Irish verb forms#RUGCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
References
- ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 536, page 277
- ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 312, page 65
- ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 41
- ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 495.i, page 177
- ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 286, page 101
Manx
Etymology
From ro·uccai, suppletive augmented form of beirid. Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic rugadh.
Verb
rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)Category:Manx lemmas#RUGCategory:Manx verbs#RUGCategory:Manx entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- to bear (give birth to)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#RUGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#RUG rugr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#RUGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RUG *rugiz. Cognate with Danish rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, and English rye.
Noun
rug m (definite singular rugen)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#RUGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#RUGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived terms
References
- “rug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#RUGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#RUG rugr, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RUG *rugiz. Cognate with Faroese rugur, Icelandic rúgur, Swedish råg, Danish rug, Dutch rogge, German Roggen and English rye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rʊː(ɡ)/, /rʉː(ɡ)/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
- (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen) IPA(key): [ruɡ]Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
- Hyphenation: rùg
Noun
rug m (definite singular rugen)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#RUGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#RUGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived terms
References
- “rug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Adjective
rūgCategory:Old English lemmas#RUGCategory:Old English adjectives#RUGCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- alternative form of rūh
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Category:Polish terms derived from Proto-Italic#RUGCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#RUGLearned borrowing from LatinCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Latin#RUGCategory:Polish learned borrowings from Latin#RUGCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#RUG rūga.
Noun
rug m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#RUGCategory:Polish nouns#RUGCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Polish masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#RUG) crease, notch, wrinkle
- Synonyms: bruzda, fałda, karb, zmarszczka
Declension
Etymology 2
Category:Polish terms derived from Middle High German#RUGInherited from Old PolishCategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#RUGCategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#RUG rug.
Noun
rug m inan (related adjective rugowy)Category:Polish lemmas#RUGCategory:Polish nouns#RUGCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Polish masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
- (in the plural, historicalCategory:Polish terms with historical senses#RUG) mass expulsions of foreign subjects
- (in the plural, historicalCategory:Polish terms with historical senses#RUG) verifying the validity of parliamentary elections
- Hypernym: sprawdzanie
- (chiefly in the plural, historicalCategory:Polish terms with historical senses#RUG) judicial inquiry, investigation
- Synonyms: dochodzenie, śledztwo
Declension
Related terms
- rugować impf
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
rug fCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Polish noun forms#RUGCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Further reading
- “rug”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
- rug in PWN's encyclopedia
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “rug”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Romagnol
Pronunciation
- (Central Romagnol) IPA(key): [ˈɾuːɡ]Category:Romagnol terms with IPA pronunciation#RUG
Noun
rug m plCategory:Romagnol non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Romagnol noun forms#RUGCategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
References
Masotti, Adelmo (1996), Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 514
Romanian
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#RUG rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.
Noun
rug n (plural ruguri)Category:Romanian lemmas#RUGCategory:Romanian nouns#RUGCategory:Romanian countable nouns#RUGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Latin#RUGCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#RUG rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#RUGCategory:Romanian terms derived from Proto-Italic#RUG *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#RUG *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negură.
Noun
rug m (plural rugi)Category:Romanian lemmas#RUGCategory:Romanian nouns#RUGCategory:Romanian countable nouns#RUGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Romanian masculine nouns#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “rug”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Verb
rugCategory:Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms#RUGCategory:Scottish Gaelic verb forms#RUGCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#RUGCategory:Pages with entries#RUGCategory:Pages with 17 entries#RUG
Category:Scottish Gaelic irregular verbs#RUG