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Webster 1913 Edition

Rath

Rath

(răth)
,
Noun.
[Ir.
rath
.]
1.
A hill or mound.
[Ireland]
Spenser.
2.
A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rath

RATH

,
Noun.
A hill. Obs.

RATH

,
Adj.
[See Ready.]
Early; coming before others, or before the usual time.
Bring the rath primrose, that forsaken dies.
We sometimes see the word rath-ripe, early ripe; but it is obsolete or nearly so. In the United States, I believe it is not used at all.

Definition 2024

ráth

ráth

See also: rath, Rath, rað, -raþ, and ráð

Irish

Noun

ráth m ‎(genitive singular rátha, nominative plural ráthanna)

  1. earthen rampart
  2. ring-fort, rath
  3. layer
  4. (of fish) shoal
  5. (of dolphins) pod
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ráth ‎(“suretyship, guarantee, pledge”).

Noun

ráth m ‎(genitive singular rátha, nominative plural ráthanna)

  1. guarantee
Declension
Synonyms

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r͈aːθ/

Etymology 1

Noun

ráth m, f

  1. (law) surety, guarantor
  2. (law) suretyship, guarantee, pledge
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms
  • (suretyship, guarantee): ráthaigecht
Derived terms
  • ráthaiges, ráthachas
  • ráthaigid
  • ráthus, ráithius

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

ráth m, f

  1. earthen rampart surrounding a chief's residence, fort, rath
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • ráthach
  • ráthbuige
  • ráthmogaid
  • ráthmug
    • ráthmuigecht
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ráth
also rráth after a proclitic 		ráth
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ 		ráth
also rráth after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Old Irish ráth ‎(“earthen rampart, fort, rath”).

Pronunciation

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