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 (“compassion”) by Puritans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹuːθ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːθ
Proper noun
Ruth
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Rth.
- Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1945, Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide, HarperCollins, published 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, published 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.
- A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
- A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.
Usage notes
- The given name was rarely used by non-Jews in the Middle Ages. Taken into regular use by Christian Puritans as a virtue name from the 16th century. Popular from the 1890s to the 1920s, particularly in the USA.
Derived terms
Translations
book of the Bible
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female given name
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Danish
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Rut (nonstandard, rare)
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ruth, from Latin Ruth, from Koine Greek Ῥούθ (Rhoúth), from Biblical Hebrew רוּת (rut).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rʏt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ruth
- Rhymes: -ʏt
Proper noun
Ruth f
- (Judaism, Christianity) Ruth (Moabite woman, Biblical character).
- (Judaism, Christianity) Ruth (book of the Hebrew Bible; the eighth book according to the Christian canon).
- a female given name
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ruth
Estonian
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʁuːt]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
Proper noun
Ruth f (proper noun, genitive Ruth or Ruths, plural Ruths)
- Ruth (biblical character).
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrut/ [ˈrut̪]
- Rhymes: -ut
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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, III:
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
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