ruth

Definitions

1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
4. Repentance; regret; remorse
5. The resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
6. Repentance; regret; remorse.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. Sorrow; misery; distress
8. A female given name from Hebrew.
9. Sorrow; misery; distress.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight
11. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
12. Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

Equivalents

32 more languages

AfrikaansRut

العربيةرَاعُوثروتروثسِفْر رَاعُوث+ 1 more

Bosanskiluka

CatalàRut

ČeštinaRut

CymraegRuth

DanskRuth

ΕλληνικάΡουθ

EestiRutt

SuomiRuut

GalegoRute

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiLukaRuta

עבריתרות

Hrvatskiluka

ՀայերենՀռութ

Bahasa IndonesiaRut

ItalianoRut

日本語ルースルツルツ記

한국어룻

Kurdîrût

LietuviųrūtaRūtos knyga

LatviešuRutaRute

NederlandsRuth

NorskRutRuth

PolskiKsięga RutRut

PortuguêsRute

РусскийКни́га РуфьрутРуфь

SlovenčinaRút

Српскиluka

SvenskaRutRuth

KiswahiliRuthu

Tiếng ViệtRút

Examples

“It was my fortune to be at Rome, upon a day that one Catena, a notorious high-way theefe, was executed: at his strangling no man of the companie seemed to be mooved to any ruth[…].”

“[…]under her light⟳ eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth[…].”

“2011, Turisas (Mathias Nygård), Hunting Pirates Scum they are! —Foe of mankind! Clear the sea! —Show⟳ no ruth!”

“1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLIV, 2005, The Works of A. E. Housman [1994, The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman], page 61, Now to your grave shall friend and stranger With ruth and some with envy come⟳ […].”

“~1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall⟳ of Arthur He mourned too late In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.”

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave⟳ thee, or return⟳ from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”

“Her face⟳ hardened. "I despise pity." "In spite of your name⟳? Ruth is your name⟳, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."”

“He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name⟳: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.”

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