rith

See also: rið and riþ

English

Alternative forms

• ride, rithe, rythe, ryth, rife, reeth

Etymology

From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), from Old English rīþ (“a small stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːθ/
• Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun

rith (plural riths)

1. (obsolete) A small stream.

   They waded further up the rith.

Usage notes

Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.

Synonyms

• (small (usually fordable) stream): brooklet, bourn, freshet, gill, rill, rindle, rivulet, runlet, runnel, streamlet
• (small water course): beck, burn, crick, fresh, race, run

Further reading

• The Middle English Dictionary

Anagrams

• thir

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɪ(h)/
• IPA^(key): /ɾˠʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ɾˠih/, (older) /ɾˠɯh/

Verb

rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)

1. to run

Conjugation

conjugation of rith (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	rithim	ritheann tú; rithir†	ritheann sé, sí	rithimid	ritheann sibh	ritheann siad; rithid†	a ritheann; a ritheas	ritear
	past	rith mé; ritheas	rith tú; rithis	rith sé, sí	ritheamar; rith muid	rith sibh; ritheabhair	rith siad; ritheadar	a rith / ar rith*	ritheadh
	past habitual	rithinn	riteá	ritheadh sé, sí	rithimis; ritheadh muid	ritheadh sibh	rithidís; ritheadh siad	a ritheadh / a ritheadh*	rití
future		rithfidh mé; rithfead	rithfidh tú; rithfir†	rithfidh sé, sí	rithfimid; rithfidh muid	rithfidh sibh	rithfidh siad; rithfid†	a rithfidh; a rithfeas	rithfear
conditional		rithfinn	rithfeá	rithfeadh sé, sí	rithfimis; rithfeadh muid	rithfeadh sibh	rithfidís; rithfeadh siad	a rithfeadh / a rithfeadh*	rithfí
subjunctive	present	go rithe mé; go rithead†	go rithe tú; go rithir†	go rithe sé, sí	go rithimid; go rithe muid	go rithe sibh	go rithe siad; go rithid†	—	go ritear
	past	dá rithinn	dá riteá	dá ritheadh sé, sí	dá rithimis; dá ritheadh muid	dá ritheadh sibh	dá rithidís; dá ritheadh siad	—	dá rití
imperative		rithim	rith	ritheadh sé, sí	rithimis	rithigí; rithidh†	rithidís	—	ritear
verbal noun		rith
past participle		rite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

• cluiche a rith (“to jink a game”)

Noun

rith m or f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití)

1. verbal noun of rith
2. run

Declension

Declension of rith

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rith rití Vocative a rith a rití Genitive reatha rití Dative rith rití

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rith na rití Genitive an reatha na rití Dative leis an rith don rith leis na rití

• Alternative plurals: reatha, rithe

Derived terms

• aga reatha
• airgead reatha
• caipiteal reatha
• caise reatha
• cloch reatha
• coimhlint reatha
• colún reatha
• comhordanáidí reatha
• cuairt reatha
• cuntas reatha
• dol reatha
• easpa reatha
• fáinne reatha
• fáscadh reatha
• feamainn reatha
• feochadán reatha
• fiolún reatha
• gaineamh reatha
• i rith
• íbhil reatha
• iomarbhá reatha
• lámhscríbhneoireacht reatha
• léim reatha
• ligean reatha
• pónaire reatha
• ráig reatha
• réalta reatha
• reathach
• reathaí
• reathaire
• rith as
• rith buair
• rith buan
• rith croí
• rith cúirte
• rith focail
• rith fola
• rith gorm
• rith sonais
• rith tinnis
• ruagaire reatha
• ruithne reatha
• saighead reatha
• scéal reatha
• scríbhneoireacht reatha
• scuad reatha
• seáp reatha
• snaidhm reatha
• spalpadh reatha
• súil reatha
• troid reatha
• uisce reatha

 

Further reading

• (verb): Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “rithim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 573
• (noun): Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “rith”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 573
• (verb): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• (noun): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːθ/

Noun

rith

1. Soft mutation of rhith.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhith	rith	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.