reithine
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish reithine (“calm, tranquillity”).
Noun edit
reithine f (genitive singular reithine)
Declension edit
Declension of reithine
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Noun edit
reithine f
- calm, tranquillity
- c. 1400, Anonymous, In Cath Catharda, translated by Whitley Stokes, line 172:
- Ro fuirigh-sium fri ré in gemridh i Sleib Elpa, ⁊ tainic la tinnscetal na reithine errchaidhe co sochraidi moir leis ó chliamuin .i. Poimp Maighe […]
- During the season of winter he waited in the Alps, and at the beginning of the vernal serenity he came, having a great host from his son-in-law Pompey the Great […]
- c. 1400, Anonymous, In Cath Catharda, translated by Whitley Stokes, line 172:
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Descendants edit
- Irish: reithine