rithe

See also: ríthe

English

Etymology

From Middle English rithe, rith, from Old English rīþ m, rīþe f (“small stream, rithe”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”).

Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).

Noun

rithe (plural rithes)

1. (dialect) A small stream.

Anagrams

• Erith, Reith, Rieth, Thier, tehri, their, theri-

Irish

Verb

rithe

1. present subjunctive analytic of rith

Noun

rithe

1. plural of rith

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.

Verb

rithe (gerund rithie)

1. (Jersey) to laugh

Antonyms

• plieuther (“to cry, weep”)

Derived terms

• rieux (“merry person”)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish frie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾʲi.ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈði.ə]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈɾʲi.ɔ]
• (Argyll) IPA^(key): [ˈɾiːçə]

Pronoun

rithe (emphatic rithese)

1. third-person singular feminine of ri: with her, with it

See also

• ris