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rith
rith
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/
- Rhymes: -iːθ
Noun
rith (plural riths)
- (obsolete) A small stream.
- They waded further up the rith.
Usage notes
Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.
Synonyms
- (A small (usually fordable) stream): brooklet, bourn, freshet, gill, rill, rindle, rivulet, runlet, runnel, streamlet.
- (A small water course): beck, burn, crick, fresh, race, run.
References
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾˠɪ(h)/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ɾˠʊ/
Verb
rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | rithim | ritheann tú; rithir† |
ritheann sé, sí | rithimid | ritheann sibh | ritheann siad; rithid† |
a ritheann; a ritheas / a ritheann*; a ritheas* |
ritear |
| past | rith mé; ritheas | rith tú; rithis | rith sé, sí | ritheamar; rith muid | rith sibh; ritheabhair | rith siad; ritheadar | a rith / ar rith* |
ritheadh | |
| past habitual | rithinn | riteá | ritheadh sé, sí | rithimis; ritheadh muid | ritheadh sibh | rithidís; ritheadh siad | a ritheadh / ar ritheadh* |
rití | |
| future | rithfidh mé; rithfead |
rithfidh tú; rithfir† |
rithfidh sé, sí | rithfimid; rithfidh muid |
rithfidh sibh | rithfidh siad; rithfid† |
a rithfidh; a rithfeas / a rithfidh*; a rithfeas* |
rithfear | |
| conditional | rithfinn | rithfeá | rithfeadh sé, sí | rithfimis; rithfeadh muid | rithfeadh sibh | rithfidís; rithfeadh siad | a rithfeadh / ar rithfeadh* |
rithfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go rithe mé; go rithead† |
go rithe tú; go rithir† |
go rithe sé, sí | go rithimid; go rithe muid |
go rithe sibh | go rithe siad; go rithid† |
— | go ritear |
| past | dá rithinn | dá riteá | dá ritheadh sé, sí | dá rithimis; dá ritheadh muid |
dá ritheadh sibh | dá rithidís; dá ritheadh siad |
— | dá rití | |
| imperative | rithim | rith | ritheadh sé, sí | rithimis | rithigí; rithidh† |
rithidís | — | ritear | |
| verbal noun | rith | ||||||||
| past participle | rite | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- cluiche a rith (“to jink a game”)
Noun
rith m, f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití or rithe)
- verbal noun of rith
- run
Declension
Declension of rith
Derived terms
Terms derived from rith
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References
- (verb): “reithid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- (noun): “rith” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- (verb): “rithim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- (noun): “rith” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "rith" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.