rooi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rood, of which the inflected form is rooie in colloquial or dialectal speech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːi̯/

Adjective

rooi (attributive rooie, comparative rooier, superlative rooiste)

  1. red

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːi̯/
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  • Rhymes: -oːi̯

Etymology 1

From rood through vocalisation of intervocalic -d- (in inflected forms).

Adjective

rooi (comparative rooier, superlative rooist)

  1. (informal, chiefly attributive) Alternative form of rood (“red”)
Inflection
Inflection of rooi
uninflected rooi
inflected rooie
comparative rooier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rooirooierhet rooist
het rooiste
indefinite m./f. sing. rooierooiererooiste
n. sing. rooirooierrooiste
plural rooierooiererooiste
definite rooierooiererooiste
partitive rooisrooiers—

Etymology 2

Verb

rooi

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rooien
  2. imperative of rooien
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