reith
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish reithid (“tups (of rams)”).
Noun[edit]
reith f (genitive singular reithe)
- heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile) (in sheep, goats)
Declension[edit]
Declension of reith
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- faoi reith (“in heat”)
Verb[edit]
reith (present analytic reitheann, future analytic reithfidh, verbal noun reitheadh, past participle reite)
- (transitive, intransitive) rut, tup
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of reith (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “reith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language