Ruth
See also: ruth
English
Etymology
From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth by Puritans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹuːθ/
- Rhymes: -uːθ
Proper noun
Ruth
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- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- Synonym: Rth. (abbreviation)
- Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ruth 1:16:
- And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
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- A female given name.
- 1945 Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide, HarperCollins (2010), →ISBN, page 30:
- Her face hardened.
- "I despise pity."
- "In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."
- 1982 Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Fawcett Columbine, 1996, →ISBN, page 134
- He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.
- 1945 Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide, HarperCollins (2010), →ISBN, page 30:
Usage notes
- The given name was rarely used by non-Jews in the Middle Ages. Taken into regular use by Puritans. Popular from the 1890s to the 1920s, particularly in the USA.
Translations
book of the Bible
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female given name
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Danish
Estonian
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
Norwegian
Etymology
From Vulgate Latin Ruth, from Hebrew רות, cognate with English Ruth. Used as a given name since the 18th century. Equivalent to the modern Norwegian biblical Rut.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9707 females with the given name Ruth, compared to 385 named Rut, living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th 2011.
Spanish
Proper noun
Ruth f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Ruth.
- Alternative spelling of Rut
- 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, III:
- Los bueyes / siempre van suspirando / por los campos de Ruth / en busca del vado, / del eterno vado, / borrachos de luceros / a rumiarse sus llantos.
- 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, III:
Swedish
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