rith – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of rith

Noun: rith

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativerith
Singular Genitiverite; reatha
Plural Nominativerití
Plural Genitiverití

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean rith
Singular Genitivean rite; an reatha
Plural Nominativena rití
Plural Genitivena rití

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like rith

rith,

Etymology

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.

Translations

  • run, to move quickly on two feet