(music) Alternative spelling of rute

(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. / (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse. / (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress.

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. / Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers. / A female given name from Hebrew.

Full of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful. / Causing pity; piteous. / Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.

plural of ruth

The state or condition of being ruthful; sorrowfulness; contrition. / Mercifulness; pity.

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) What I am telling you is true.

An island in the United States Virgin Islands.

plural of ruthenate

(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO₄²⁻; any salt or mineral containing this anion, formally derived from ruthenic acid