riastradh

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish ríastrad (“the act of contorting; a distortion”).

Noun

riastradh m (genitive singular riastartha)

1. (literary) contortion

Declension

Declension of riastradh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative riastradh Vocative a riastradh Genitive riastartha Dative riastradh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an riastradh Genitive an riastartha Dative leis an riastradh don riastradh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “riastradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríastrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language