ruk
Keywords: geometry
Pronunciation (IPA): | ruk |
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Part of Speech: | modifier |
Class: | |
Forms: | ruk, rukyn |
Glosses: | flat, sheet, tarp |
Description:
The modifier 'ruk' refers to the quality of flatness, and at the same time thinness, which can lead to a degree of ambiguity.
Modifier:
As a modifier, ruk can refer to something having a flat geometry, i.e., lack of curvature, or to bring thin and sheet-like, which can then involve random curvature. To imply true geometric flatness you could say 'zrano ruk'.
Noun:
As a noun, 'ruk' means a flat it sheet-like object, like a sheet or tarp (although an actual bedsheet would probably be referred to as 'mawa', 'cover').
Verb:
As a verb, 'ruk' is a transitive skurun verb meaning to flatten or into a sheet.