CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *rugís, itself probably of substrate origin. Cognates include Lithuanian rugỹs, rugiai̇̃, Old Prussian rugis, ruggis, Proto-Slavic *rъžь (Russian рожь (rožʹ), Ukrainian рожь (rožʹ), Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Czech rež, Polish reż), Proto-Germanic *rugiz (Old High German rocko, German Roggen, Dutch rogge, Old English ryge, English rye,
Old Norse rugr, Swedish råg, Danish rug).
- declension-1, masculinerye (a grass, Secale sereale, or its grains, used for food or fodder)
“sēt, pļaut rudzus” — to sow, to mow rye
“lopi sagājuši rudzos” — the animals went into the rye (field)
“pūrs rudzu” — portion of rye
Formas-(nominative, singular) · rudzi(nominative, plural) · -(genitive, singular) · rudzu(genitive, plural) · -(dative, singular) · rudziem(dative, plural) · -(accusative, singular) · rudzus(accusative, plural) · -(instrumental, singular) · rudziem(instrumental, plural) · -(locative, singular) · rudzos(locative, plural) · -(singular, vocative) · rudzi(plural, vocative)