# ruaig
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* ruag

### Etymology

From Middle Irish rúac (noun) and rúacaid (verb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɾˠuəɟ/

### Noun

ruaig f (genitive singular ruaige, nominative plural ruaigeanna)
* attack (sudden onset of disease)
    Synonym: taom
* rout (convincing defeat)
    Synonym: maidhm
* incursion
* very short or hurried visit
* (literary) course, career

#### Declension

Second declension

### Verb

ruaig (present analytic ruaigeann, future analytic ruaigfidh, verbal noun ruaigeadh, past participle ruaigthe)
* to drive away, drive out, expel, repel, repulse
* to chase away, chase off
* to rout, put to flight
* to banish
* to disperse (scatter), dispel
    Synonym: scaoil

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | ruaigim | ruaigeann tú; ruaigir$^†$ | ruaigeann sé, sí | ruaigimid | ruaigeann sibh | ruaigeann siad; ruaigid$^†$ | a ruaigeann; a ruaigeas | ruaigtear |
| indicative | past | ruaig mé; ruaigeas | ruaig tú; ruaigis | ruaig sé, sí | ruaigeamar; ruaig muid | ruaig sibh; ruaigeabhair | ruaig siad; ruaigeadar | a ruaig / ar ruaig* | ruaigeadh |
| indicative | past habitual | ruaiginn | ruaigteá | ruaigeadh sé, sí | ruaigimis; ruaigeadh muid | ruaigeadh sibh | ruaigidís; ruaigeadh siad | a ruaigeadh / a ruaigeadh* | ruaigtí |
| future | future | ruaigfidh mé; ruaigfead | ruaigfidh tú; ruaigfir$^†$ | ruaigfidh sé, sí | ruaigfimid; ruaigfidh muid | ruaigfidh sibh | ruaigfidh siad; ruaigfid$^†$ | a ruaigfidh; a ruaigfeas | ruaigfear |
| conditional | conditional | ruaigfinn | ruaigfeá | ruaigfeadh sé, sí | ruaigfimis; ruaigfeadh muid | ruaigfeadh sibh | ruaigfidís; ruaigfeadh siad | a ruaigfeadh / a ruaigfeadh* | ruaigfí |
| subjunctive | present | go ruaige mé; go ruaigead$^†$ | go ruaige tú; go ruaigir$^†$ | go ruaige sé, sí | go ruaigimid; go ruaige muid | go ruaige sibh | go ruaige siad; go ruaigid$^†$ | — | go ruaigtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá ruaiginn | dá ruaigteá | dá ruaigeadh sé, sí | dá ruaigimis; dá ruaigeadh muid | dá ruaigeadh sibh | dá ruaigidís; dá ruaigeadh siad | — | dá ruaigtí |
| imperative | imperative | ruaigim | ruaig | ruaigeadh sé, sí | ruaigimis | ruaigigí; ruaigidh$^†$ | ruaigidís | — | ruaigtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh | ruaigeadh |
| past participle | past participle | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe | ruaigthe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Further reading

* “ruaig”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúac, ruaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúacaid, rúaicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruagaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 580
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 581
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruaig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59