rauda

See also: Rauda and raudā

Latvian

Etymology 1
Rauda

Derived from the dialectal adjective rauds (“red, reddish yellow”), motivated by the color of the eye of this fish species.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾāūda]

Noun

rauda m

  1. (dialectal term) genitive singular form of rauds

rauda f (4th declension)

  1. roach (fish species with reddish eyes, especially Rutilus rutilus)
    tā kā raudas izmanto ļoti daudz ūdens augu, tās ļoti nozīmīgas kā vielu aprites veicinātājas ūdensbaseinā ― since roaches consume very many water plants, they are important as stimulators of the circulation of substances in the water system
Declension
Declension of rauda (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) rauda raudas
accusative (akuzatīvs) raudu raudas
genitive (ģenitīvs) raudas raudu
dative (datīvs) raudai raudām
instrumental (instrumentālis) raudu raudām
locative (lokatīvs) raudā raudās
vocative (vokatīvs) rauda raudas

Etymology 2

A form of the dialectal adjective rauds (“red, reddish yellow”).

Adjective

rauda

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine form of rauds
  2. (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine form of rauds

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “rauda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Spanish

Adjective

rauda

  1. feminine singular of raudo
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