Noun: ruff
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | ruff |
| Sg. Def. | ruffet |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | ruffs |
| Sg. Def. | ruffets |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ruff
sexliv,
sattyg,
schtek,
viltkött,
sorbat,
ultraljud,
fläskkött,
skakvåld,
alkoholmissbruk,
grannskap,
beskydd,
rasförräderi,
sommarsolstånd,
futurum,
fastland,
ögonmått,
ögongrus,
arbetsliv,
tuggmotstånd,
griskött, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. First attested in 1730, from Old Norse hróf (“boat shed, shack”), although effected by Dutch roef and Low German ruf (compare Norwegian ruff). Originally of the roof of the deckhouse. Also found as dialectal Northern Gutnish roffe (“shack, old house”).
2. Cognate with English roof. See: Dutch Nouns '
roef', English Nouns '
roof'.
Verbs referencing "ruff"
Finnish Nouns
ruffi.
Translations