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rìgh

rìgh

See also: rígh

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

rìgh m ‎(genitive rìgh, plural rìghrean)

(nobility, chess) king
Bha Coinneach mac Ailpein na chiad rìgh na h-Alba.‎
Kenneth MacAlpin was the first king of Scotland.

Derived terms

Terms derived from rìgh

ann-rìgh ‎(“tyrant”)
aon-rìgh ‎(“monarch”)
àrd-mhaor-rìgh ‎(“herald, pursuivant”)
àrd-rìgh ‎(“supreme king, God; monarch; emperor”)
arm-rìgh ‎(“king-at-arms”)
banrigh ‎(“queen”)
cathair-rìgh ‎(“throne”)
cìs-rìgh ‎(“allegiance; excise”)
còta preasach nighinn an rìgh ‎(“lady's mantle”)

currac an rìgh ‎(“caul; kingshood in an animal's stomach”)
Féill nan Rìgh, Là nan Trì Rìghrean ‎(“Epiphany”)
leas-rìgh ‎(“regent”)
lus an rìgh ‎(“basil thyme calamint”)
lus mhic rìgh Bhreatainn ‎(“wild-thyme, brother-wort”)
maor-rìgh ‎(“messenger at arms; king's messenger”)
meacan an rìgh ‎(“parsnip”)
meacan-rìgh fiadhain ‎(“wild parsnip; wild angelica”)
meanbh-rìgh ‎(“petty king”)

mór-rìgh ‎(“emperor”)
rìgh-bhùth ‎(“royal residence; royal pavilion”)
rìgh-chathair ‎(“throne; metropolis”)
rìgh-chiste ‎(“royal treasury”)
rìgh-cholbh ‎(“sceptre”)
rìgh-choron, rìgh-chrùn ‎(“royal crown”)
rìoghachd ‎(“kingdom”)
rìoghail ‎(“royal; kingly”)

See also

Chess pieces in Scottish Gaelic · fir-tàileisg (layout · text)

rìgh	banrigh	tùr	easbaig	ridire	pàn

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“rí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.