reithid

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *reteti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

reithid (conjunct ·reith, verbal noun riuth or rith)

  1. to run, to speed
    • c. 750-800 Torche na nDessi from Laud 610, published in "The Expulsion of the Déssi", Ériu 3 (1907), edited by Kuno Meyer, pp. 135-142, line 207
      Amal ossa, is [s]amlaid ro·ráthatar ass.
      They ran away like deer.
      (literally, “Like deer, it's like them they ran away.”)

Inflection[edit]

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Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: rith
  • Manx: roie
  • Scottish Gaelic: ruith

Mutation[edit]

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

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