rí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈriː]

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Verb

rí

1. (poetic, archaic) to weep

Conjugation

conjugation of rí

Infinitive			ríni
Past participle			rítt
Present participle			rívó
Future participle			rívandó
Adverbial participle			ríva
Potential			ríhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	rívok	rísz	rí	rívunk	ríttok	rínak
		Definite	rívom én téged/titeket rílak	rívod	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
	Past	Indefinite	ríttam	ríttál	rítt	ríttunk	ríttatok	ríttak
		Definite	ríttam én téged/titeket ríttalak	ríttad	rítta	ríttuk	ríttátok	rítták
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	rínék	rínál	rína	rínánk	rínátok	rínának
		Definite	rínám én téged/titeket rínálak	rínád	ríná	rínánk	rínátok	rínák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	ríjak	ríj or ríjál	ríjon	ríjunk	ríjatok	ríjanak
		Definite	ríjam én téged/titeket ríjalak	rídd or ríjad	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
Conjugated infinitive			rínom	rínod	rínia	rínunk	rínotok	ríniuk

Derived terms

Terms derived from rí

• kirívó
• riad
• rian
• riaszt

• rikácsol
• ríkat
• rikolt
• rimánkodik

• riog
• riogat
• ripakodik
• rivalg

(With verbal prefixes):

• lerí

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠiː/

Noun

rí m (genitive singular rí, nominative plural ríthe)

1. king (male monarch)
2. king (chess; cards; checkers/draughts)

Declension

Declension of rí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative rí ríthe Vocative a rí a ríthe Genitive rí ríthe Dative rí ríthe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an rí na ríthe Genitive an rí na ríthe Dative leis an rí don rí leis na ríthe

• Superseded spelling of genitive singular: ríogh
• Superseded spelling of dative singular: rígh
• Alternative nominative plural: ríogha
• Alternative genitive plural: ríogh

Coordinate terms

• banríon

Derived terms

Terms derived from rí

• iníon rí (“princess”)
• leasrí (“viceroy”)
• mac rí (“prince”)
• rímháistreacht (“virtuosity”)

• ríocht (“kingdom”)
• ríoga (“royal”)
• ríshliocht (“dynasty”)
• rí-ulchabhán (“eagle owl”)

• Ruairí (“Rory”)
• soitheach an rí (“cutter (boat)”)
• uirrí (“tributary king”)

Descendants

• English: Ryan (name)

Further reading

• “rí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “rí” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 567.
• "rí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “rí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “rí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-. Cognates include Sanskrit राज् (rāj, “king”), राजन् (rājan), and Latin rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun

rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

1. king
   • c. 875, 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. 85^d7

     amtis forbristi ind ríg, glosses principibus oppressis

   • c. 1160, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1:

     Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.

     There was a famous king over the Leinstermen; Mac Dathó was his name.

Declension

Masculine g-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ríH	rígL	ríg
Vocative	ríH	rígL	rígaH
Accusative	rígN	rígL	rígaH
Genitive	ríg	rígL	rígN
Dative	rígL	rígaib	rígaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• ruiri

Coordinate terms

• rígan (“queen”)

Derived terms

• rígad (“crowning, coronation”, noun)
• rígaid (“crown, make a king”, verb)
• rígdae (“royal; palace”)
• rígdacht (“palace”)

Descendants

• Irish: rí
• Manx: ree
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

References

• “rí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.