reithe

See also: Reithe

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish reithe (“ram”).

Noun

reithe m (genitive singular reithe, nominative plural reithí)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of reithe (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative reithe reithí vocative a reithe a reithí genitive reithe reithí dative reithe reithí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an reithe na reithí genitive an reithe na reithí dative leis an reithe don reithe leis na reithí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

reithe f

1. genitive singular of reith

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “reithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “reithe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “reithe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *retios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”); also compare *h₁er- (“earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʲe.θʲe/

Noun

reithe m (genitive reithi, nominative plural reithi)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. boats used as fireships

Inflection

Masculine io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	reithe	reitheL	reithiL
vocative	reithi	reitheL	reithiu
accusative	reitheN	reitheL	reithiuH
genitive	reithiL	reitheL	reitheN
dative	reithiuL	reithib	reithib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• reithe togla (“battering ram”)

Descendants

• Irish: reithe
• Scottish Gaelic: reithe

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language