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, from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and probably related to *raupijaną.

Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rʏps/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: rups
  • Rhymes: -ʏps

Noun

rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)

  1. A caterpillar, the larva of a butterfly.
  2. caterpillar, metal alternative for a tire

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ruspe

Latgalian

Etymology

Cognates include Latvian rupjš and Lithuanian rupus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrups]
  • Hyphenation: rups

Adjective

rups

  1. coarse

Declension
Indefinite declension of rups (type 1 adjective)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative rups rupi rupa rupys, rupas1)
genitive rupa rupu rupys, rupas1) rupu
dative rupam rupim rupai rupom
accusative rupu rupus rupu rupys, rupas1)
instrumental rupu rupim rupu rupom
locative rupā rupūs rupā rupuos
1) dialectal
Definite declension of rups (type 1 adjective)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative rupais, rupīs rupī rupuo rupuos
genitive rupuo rupūs rupuos rupūs
dative rupajam rupajim rupajai rupajom
accusative rupū rupūs rupū rupuos
instrumental rupū rupajim rupū rupajom
locative rupajā rupajūs rupajā rupajuos

References
  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Latvian

Adjective

rups (definite 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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