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rith.

to run

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɾˠux/Munster, Waterford/ɾˠih/Munster, Cork/ɾˠɯh/Munster, Kerry/ɾˠɞh/Munster
  1. to run

  2. to flow or move freely (e.g. of a liquid)

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *ritus (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.

noun/ɾˠux/Munster, Waterford/ɾˠih/Munster, Cork/ɾˠɯh/Munster, Kerry/ɾˠɞh/Munster
  1. verbal noun of rith

    feminine · form-of · masculine · noun-from-verb
  2. run

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *ritus (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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