róe

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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róe (gender unknown)

  1. a withe or rope

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Celtic *rowesyā, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-. Cognate with Latin rūs (countryside), Old English rūm (English room).

Noun

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róe f (genitive roí)

  1. flat or level ground
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 133b7
      róe translates planities
  2. a battlefield
  3. (by extension) a fight, battle
Inflection
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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative róeL roíL roí
Vocative róeL roíL roí
Accusative roíN roíL roí
Genitive roí róeL róeN
Dative roíL róaib róaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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  • Irish:
  • Scottish Gaelic: raon

References

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