rath
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːθ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹæθ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːθ, Rhymes: -æθ
- Homophone: wrath (some dialects)
Noun edit
rath (plural raths)
- (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
- 1907, James Woods, Annals of Westmeath, Ancient and Modern:
- There are numerous Danish raths in the parish.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 1, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- Those with Celtic legendry in their heritage—mainly the Scotch-Irish element of New Hampshire, and their kindred who had settled in Vermont on Governor Wentworth’s colonial grants—linked them vaguely with the malign fairies and “little people” of the bogs and raths, and protected themselves with scraps of incantation handed down through many generations.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
walled enclosure, ringfort
Etymology 2 edit
From Hindi रथ (rath), from Sanskrit रथ (ratha).
Noun edit
rath (plural raths)
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)
- Alternative form of rathe.
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Noun edit
rath f (plural rathes)
Synonyms edit
- (Revived Late Cornish) logojen vroas
German edit
Verb edit
rath
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”),[2] from the root of *ɸarnati (“bestow”) (whence Old Irish ernaid, from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“bestow, give”) (whence also Sanskrit पृणाक्ति (pṛṇā́kti, “grant, bestow”), Latin parō (“prepare”)).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rath m (genitive singular ratha)
Declension edit
Declension of rath
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- anrath (“ill-luck”)
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 rath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “frato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “far-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 106, page 58
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “raṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 560
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “rath” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą (“wheel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rath n
Declension edit
Declension of rath (neuter a-stem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rath | rathu |
accusative | rath | rathu |
genitive | rathes | rathō |
dative | rathe | rathum |
instrumental | — | — |