rups

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • rips (Southern Dutch, dialectal)
  • roepe (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
  • roeps (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands)
  • rupse (dialectal)
  • rupsene (obsolete)
  • rusp (dated, dialectal)
  • ruspe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rupse, from earlier rupsene. Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rʏps/
  • Rhymes: -ʏps
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Noun

rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)

  1. caterpillar

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Descendants

Latvian

Adjective

rups (rupais comparative, rupāks superlative, visrupākais adverb, rupi)

  1. (dialectal) coarse, harsh, rough; Alternative form of rupjš

Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of rups
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)		 singular
(vienskaitlis)		 plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) rups rupi rupa rupas
accusative (akuzatīvs) rupu rupus rupu rupas
genitive (ģenitīvs) rupa rupu rupas rupu
dative (datīvs) rupam rupiem rupai rupām
instrumental (instrumentālis) rupu rupiem rupu rupām
locative (lokatīvs) rupā rupos rupā rupās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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