See also: rið and riþ

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Etymology edit

From Middle English rīth (a small stream), from Old English rīþ (a small stream).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun edit

rith (plural riths)

  1. (obsolete) A small stream.
    They waded further up the rith.

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Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.

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Irish edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Irish reithid (verb)[1] and riuth (noun),[2] from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-. The vowel of the verb has been replaced with the vowel of the verbal noun, but is preserved in the dialectal form reath.

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Verb edit

rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)

  1. to run

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rith m or f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití)

  1. verbal noun of rith
    Synonym: reáchtáil
  2. run

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References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69

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rith

  1. Soft mutation of rhith.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhith rith unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.