Ruis (ᚏ) is the fifteenth letter of the
Ogham
Ogham (also ogam and ogom, , Modern Irish: ; , later ) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language ( scholastic ...
alphabet, derived from ''ruise'' "
red" or "reddening". The kennings refer to the reddening of the face caused by intense emotion, and medieval glossators also refer to the practice of reddening the cheeks with the juice of plants. Its
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists; its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-Euro ...
root was
''h₁reudʰ-'''red'. Its phonetic value is
Bríatharogam
In the medieval
kennings, called ''
Bríatharogaim'' or ''Word Ogham'' the verses associated with ''ruis'' are:
- "most intense blushing" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Morann mic Moín''
- "reddening of faces" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Mac ind Óc''
- "glow of anger" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Con'' ''Culainn''.
References
Ogham letters
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