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. Related to German Raupe and West Frisian rûp. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /rʏps/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ʏps
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Noun

rups f (plural rupsen, diminutive rupsje n)

1. caterpillar

Hypernyms

• mot
• vlinder

Derived terms

• eikenprocessierups
• processierups
• rupsband
• rupsvoertuig
• zijderups

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ruspe

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Latvian

Adjective

rups (definite rupais, comparative rupāks, superlative visrupākais, adverb rupi)

1. (dialectal) coarse, harsh, rough; (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rupa	rupu		rupas	rupu
dative (datīvs)	rupam	rupiem		rupai	rupām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rupu	rupus		rupu	rupas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rupu	rupiem		rupu	rupām
locative (lokatīvs)	rupā	rupos		rupā	rupās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—