riabhach

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Irish

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Cat riabhach
Riabhach san Íoslainn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ríabach,[2] from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos. By surface analysis, riabh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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riabhach (genitive singular masculine riabhaigh, genitive singular feminine riabhaí, plural riabhacha, not comparable)

  1. brindled
  2. striped, streaked
  3. dun, gray, swarthy
  4. tabby (cat)
  5. (nominalized, feminine) brindled cow

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ riabhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ríabach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 205, page 103
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 73, page 31

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ríabach,[1] from Proto-Celtic *rēbākos, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Latvian raibs (multicolored), Albanian rrebe (caprice).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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riabhach

  1. brindled, speckled, streaked

Derived terms

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References

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