Ruth

ruth English Etymology From Ruth the Moabite, en he רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun en ruth compassion by Puritans. Pronunciation en /ɹuːθ/ en uːθ 1 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ruth.wav Southern England en ruth Proper noun en Q80038en book of the bible A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. en Rth. abbreviation en Q1774982en biblical character The resident of Moab around whom the text centers. 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. en female Hebrew. en 1945 w:Agatha Christie Sparkling Cyanide 30 HarperCollins 2010 978-0-00-735470-2 Her face hardened."I despise pity.""In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless." en 1982 w:Anne Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 134 Fawcett Columbine 1996 0449911594 He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair. en CDP co/White Pine County s/Nevada c/US. en CDP co/Trinity County s/California c/US. 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 en Ruthanasia Ruthie Ruthlyn Ruthy Ruth Glacier Ruth Island Translations book of the Bible Afrikaans: af Rut Arabic: ar سِفْر رَاعُوث m Aramaic: arc ܣܦܪܐ ܕܪܥܘܬ m Armenian: hy Հռութ Asturian: ast Rut Basque: eu Rut Breton: br Ruth f Burmese: my ရုသဝတ္ထု Catalan: ca Rut Cebuano: ceb Ruth Cherokee: chr ᎷᏏ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 路得記 lou6 tak1 gei3, yue 盧德傳 lou4 dak1 zyun6-2 Catholic Eastern Min: cdo 路得記 Lô-dáik-gé Hakka: hak 路得記 Lu-tet-ki Hokkien: nan-hbl 路得 Lō͘-tek, nan-hbl 路得記 Lō͘-tek-kì, nan-hbl 盧德傳 Lô͘-tek-toān Catholic Mandarin: cmn 路得記 Lùdé jì, cmn 盧德傳 Lúdé zhuàn Catholic Corsican: co Rut Czech: cs Rút Danish: da Ruth Dutch: nl Ruth Estonian: et Rutt Faroese: fo Rutt f Finnish: fi Ruut French: fr livre de Ruth m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ruth Georgian: ka რუთა German: de Ruth f, de Buch Rut n Greek: el Ρουθ f Ancient Greek: grc Ρούθ f Greenlandic: kl Ruth Hawaiian: haw Ruta Hebrew: he רוּת f Rut Hindi: hi रूत Hungarian: hu Ruth Icelandic: is Ruth f Ido: io Ruto f Indonesian: id Rut Irish: ga Leabhar Rút m, ga Rút f Italian: it Rut Japanese: ja ルツ記 Rutsu-ki Jarai: jra H'Rut Kazakh: kk Рут Latin: la Ruth f Latvian: lv Rute f Lavukaleve: lvk Ruth Limburgish: li Ruth Lithuanian: lt Rūtos knyga f Malay: ms Rut Malayalam: ml റൂത്തിന്റെ പുസ്തകം Maltese: mt Ktieb Rut m Manx: gv Ruth Māori: mi Rutu Mirandese: mwl Rute Neapolitan: nap Rut Norwegian: no Rut Persian: fa کتاب روت ketâb-e rut Polish: pl Księga Rut f Portuguese: pt Rute f Romanian: ro Rut f Russian: ru Кни́га Руфь f Scots: sco Ruth Scottish Gaelic: gd Rut f Serbo-Croatian: sh Ruta f Slovak: sk Rút f Slovene: sl Ruta f Spanish: es Rut f Swahili: sw Ruth, sw Ruthu Swedish: sv Rut Tagalog: tl Ruth f Tamil: ta ரூத்து Telugu: te రూత్ Thai: th นางรูธ Tumbuka: tum Rute Urdu: ur رُوت rūt, ur کِتابِ رُوت kitāb-e rūt Uzbek: uz Rut Waray-Waray: war Ruth Welsh: cy Ruth Zealandic: zea Ruth female given name Afrikaans: af Rut Arabic: ar رُوث f, ar رَاعُوث f, ar رُوت f Armenian: hy Հռութ Basque: eu Rut Breton: br Ruth f Catalan: ca Rut f Cebuano: ceb Ruth Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 露絲 Lùsī Corsican: co Rut Czech: cs Rút f Danish: da Ruth Dutch: nl Ruth f Estonian: et Rutt Faroese: fo Rutt f Finnish: fi Ruut French: fr Ruth f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ruth Georgian: ka რუთა German: de Ruth f Greek: el Ρουθ f Ancient Greek: grc Ῥούθ f; grc Ρούθ f in texts which don't use spiritus for capital letters at all Greenlandic: kl Ruth Hawaiian: haw Luka Hebrew: he רוּת f rut Hindi: hi रूत f Hungarian: hu Ruth Icelandic: is Ruth f Ido: io Ruto f Irish: ga Rút f Italian: it Rut Japanese: ja ルース Rūsu, ja ルツ Rutsu biblical Korean: ko ^룻 Latin: la Ruth f Latvian: lv Ruta f Lavukaleve: lvk Ruth Limburgish: li Ruth Lithuanian: lt Rūta f Malay: ms Rut Maltese: mt Rut f Manchu: mnc ᡵᡠᡨ Manx: gv Ruth Māori: mi Ruta Mirandese: mwl Rute Neapolitan: nap Rut Norwegian: no Ruth, no Rut Polish: pl Rut f Portuguese: pt Rute f Romanian: ro Rut f Russian: ru Руфь f cognate, ru Рут f transliteration, indeclinable Scots: sco Ruth Scottish Gaelic: gd Rut f Serbo-Croatian: sh Ruta f Slovak: sk Rút f Slovene: sl Ruta f Spanish: es Rut f, es Ruth f Swahili: sw Ruth, sw Ruthu Swedish: sv Rut, sv Ruth Tagalog: tl Ruth f Waray-Waray: war Ruth Welsh: cy Ruth f Zealandic: zea Ruth Anagrams en hrtu Hurt Thur hurt thru thur en eponyms Danish Proper noun da proper noun en Ruth biblical character. da female of biblical origin References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 31,594 females with the given name Ruth have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14, 2011. da Biblical characters Dutch Alternative forms nl Rut non-standard rare Etymology 1 From nl dum ruth, from nl la Ruth, from nl grc-koi Ῥούθ, from nl hbo רוּת rut. Pronunciation nl /rʏt/ nl Nl-Ruth.ogg nl Ruth nl ʏt Proper noun f nl Biblical characters nl Judaism Christianity en Ruth Moabite woman, Biblical character nl Books of the Bible nl Judaism Christianity en Ruth book of the Hebrew Bible; the eighth book according to the Christian canon nl female Etymology 2 nl Pronunciation nl Ruth Proper noun n nl hamlet mun/Deurne p/North Brabant c/Netherlands Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female of biblical origin, variant of Rutt French Pronunciation Proper noun f fr female fr Bible en Ruth fr Books of the Bible German Pronunciation de [ʁuːt] de De-Ruth.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de uːt 1 Proper noun f,s.gen:Ruth:s en Ruth biblical character. de female Ruth de Biblical characters Kankanaey Pronunciation + rut Proper noun kne biblical en Ruth book of the Bible kne Rut. abbreviation Synonyms Related terms kne :Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey) kne Books of the Bible Norwegian Etymology From Vulgate no la Ruth, from no he רות, cognate with en Ruth. Used as a given name since the 18th century. Equivalent to the modern Norwegian biblical no Rut. Proper noun no proper noun no female Ruth References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 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 Etymology An etymological spelling under the influence of es en Ruth. Pronunciation rut Proper noun f es female Ruth es Rut 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, III: es Los bueyes siempre van suspirando por los campos de Ruth en busca del vado, del eterno vado, borrachos de luceros a rumiarse sus llantos. Swedish Etymology From Vulgate sv la Ruth, from sv he רות. First recorded as a given name in 1621. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ruth.wav Proper noun c sv female, an alternative spelling of sv Rut References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån: 14 540 females with the given name Ruth, compared to 23 268 named Rut, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th, 2011. Welsh Pronunciation cy Proper noun f cy female Hebrew cy biblical en Ruth, a Biblical character cy biblical The Book of Ruth Coordinate terms