# Rut
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch Ruth.

### Proper noun

Rut
* Ruth (biblical character)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ruth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrut]

### Proper noun

Rut f
* (biblical) Ruth (the book of the Bible)
* (biblical) Ruth
* a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ruth

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrut]

### Proper noun

Rut m anim (female equivalent Rutová)
* a male surname from German

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Rut”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
* Matúšová, Jana (2015) Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 70

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Hebrew רוּת.

### Proper noun

Rut f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Rut: Rutarson
* daughter of Rut: Rutardóttir

#### Declension
## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German ruote, from Old High German ruota, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruːt/

### Noun

Rut f (plural Rute, diminutive Ritche)
* rod

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Rut f (proper noun, genitive singular Rutar)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion".

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈrut/ [ˈrʊt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: Rut
* Homophone: rut

### Proper noun

Rut
* Ruth:
** (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
** (biblical) The resident of Moab around whom the text centers

### Further reading

* “Rut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Proper noun

Rut f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth
* Ruth (biblical character)
* the Book of Ruth

## Marshallese
### Etymology

From English Ruth.

### Proper noun

Rut
* (bibilical, given name) Ruth

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Rut
* Ruth (biblical character).
* a female given name, usually spelled Ruth

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 385 females with the given name Rut, compared to 9707 with named Ruth, living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on April 14th 2011.

## Plautdietsch
### Noun

Rut f (plural Ruten)
* windowpane

## Polish
### Etymology

From Ruta (plant).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrut/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: Rut

### Proper noun

Rut m pers
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Rut f (indeclinable)
* a female surname

## Scottish Gaelic
### Proper noun

Rut f
* (biblical) Ruth
* (biblical) Ruth, the eighth book of the Old Testament

#### Coordinate terms

* Genesis
* Ecsodus
* Lebhiticus
* Àireamh
* Deuteronomi
* Iosua
* Britheamhan
* Rut
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Rìghrean
* 2 Rìghrean
* 1 Eachdraidh
* 2 Eachdraidh
* Esra
* Nehemiah
* Ester
* Iob
* Sailm
* Gnàth-fhacail
* Eclesiastes
* Dàn Sholaimh
* Isaiah
* Ieremiah
* Tuireadh
* Eseciel
* Daniel
* Hosèa
* Ioel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Ionah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habacuc
* Sephaniah
* Hagai
* Sechariah
* Malachi

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Ruth

### Etymology

From Latin Ruth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrut/ [ˈrut̪]
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: Rut

### Proper noun

Rut f
* (biblical) Ruth (the book of the Bible)
* (biblical) Ruth
* a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ruth

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Hebrew רות.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Rut c (genitive Ruts)
* Ruth (biblical character).
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* Popular given name in Sweden from the 1890s to the 1920s.

### References

* Sture Allén, Staffan Wahlin, Förnamnsboken, Almqvist&Wiksell 1979, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån: 23 268 females with the given name Rut, compared to 14 540 named Ruth, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.

### Anagrams

* tur