runa

See also: Runa, Rúna, runā, rună, and runą

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾuˈnaʔ/ [ɾuˈn̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: ru‧na

Noun

runâ (Basahan spelling ᜍᜓᜈ)

1. alternative spelling of rona

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈru.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Noun

runa f (plural runes)

1. rune

Related terms

• rúnic

Etymology 2

Contraction of ruïna.

Noun

runa f (plural runes)

1. ruin

   Synonym: ruïna

2. debris, rubble

   Synonym: enderroc

Derived terms

• enrunar
• runam

Further reading

• “runa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “runa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “runa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “runa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

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runa

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish runa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruna]

Noun

runa f

1. rune

Declension

Declension of runa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	runa	runy
genitive	runy	run
dative	runě	runám
accusative	runu	runy
vocative	runo	runy
locative	runě	runách
instrumental	runou	runami

Further reading

• “runa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “runa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “runa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Gothic

Romanization

rūna

1. romanization of 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse runa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Noun

runa f (genitive singular runu, nominative plural runur)

1. row, sequence

   Synonym: röð

2. string of letters or names, enumeration

   Synonyms: romsa, þula, upptalning

3. rigmarole

   Synonyms: romsa, langloka

4. (mathematics) series, sequence

Declension

Declension of runa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	runa	runan	runur	runurnar
accusative	runu	rununa	runur	runurnar
dative	runu	rununni	runum	rununum
genitive	runu	rununnar	runa	runanna

Anagrams

• raun

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: rù‧na

Noun

runa f (plural rune)

1. rune

Related terms

• runico

Anagrams

• urna

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rūna f (genitive rūnae); first declension

1. dart or javelin
2. rune

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rūna	rūnae
genitive	rūnae	rūnārum
dative	rūnae	rūnīs
accusative	rūnam	rūnās
ablative	rūnā	rūnīs
vocative	rūna	rūnae

References

• “runa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "runa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “runa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.