ruina

See also: ruína, ruïna, ruiná, and ruină

Czech

Noun

ruina f

  1. ruin

French

Verb

ruina

  1. third-person singular past historic of ruiner

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ruˈina/, [r̺uˈiː.n̺a]
  • Hyphenation: ru‧i‧na

Noun

ruina f (plural ruine)

  1. Archaic form of rovina.

Latin

Etymology

From ruō (“I collapse”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ruˈiː.na/, [rʊˈiː.na]

Noun

ruīna f (genitive ruīnae); first declension

  1. a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction
  2. ruins, debris

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ruīna ruīnae
Genitive ruīnae ruīnārum
Dative ruīnae ruīnīs
Accusative ruīnam ruīnās
Ablative ruīnā ruīnīs
Vocative ruīna ruīnae

Descendants

References
  • ruina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ruina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ruina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus ruina impendet
    • the house suddenly fell in ruins: domus subita ruina collapsa est
    • a breach: iter ruina patefactum
    • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)

Polish

Noun

ruina f

  1. ruin
  • ruiny
  • rujnować
  • zrujnować

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruinare, French ruiner.

Verb

a ruina (third-person singular present ruinează, past participle ruinat) 1st conj.

  1. to ruin

Conjugation
    conjugation of ruina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a ruina
gerund ruinând
past participle ruinat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present ruinez ruinezi ruinează ruinăm ruinați ruinează
imperfect ruinam ruinai ruina ruinam ruinați ruinau
simple perfect ruinai ruinași ruină ruinarăm ruinarăți ruinară
pluperfect ruinasem ruinaseși ruinase ruinaserăm ruinaserăți ruinaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să ruinez să ruinezi să ruineze să ruinăm să ruinați să ruineze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative ruinează ruinați
negative nu ruina nu ruinați

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrwina/

Etymology 1

From Latin ruina.

Noun

ruina f (plural ruinas)

  1. ruin, decay, wreck (also figurative)
  2. decline, downfall
  3. (in the plural) ruins

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ruina

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ruinar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ruinar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ruinar.

Further reading
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