vrug

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vrucht, from Middle Dutch vrucht, from Old Dutch fruht, from Latin frūctus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frœχ/
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Noun

vrug (plural vrugte, diminutive vruggie)

  1. A fruit.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *awa-ruga, a prefixal form related to Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬖𐬥𐬀 (raoγna, “butter”), Old Norse rjúmi (“cream”).[1]

Noun

vrug m (plural vrugje, definite vrugu, definite plural vrugjet)

  1. mildew blight, downy mildew (Peronospora)
  2. wheat leaf rust
  3. grime on clothes or the body

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vrug”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
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