rí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ri"

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An onomatopoeia.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈriː]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -riː

Verb[edit]

rí

(intransitive, literary, folksy) to weep
Synonym: sír
(transitive, literary, folksy) to say something while weeping

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of rí

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	rívok	rísz	rí	rívunk	rítok	rínak
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	ríttam	ríttál	rítt	ríttunk	ríttatok	ríttak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	rínék	rínál	rína	rínánk	rínátok	rínának
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	ríjak	ríj or ríjál	ríjon	ríjunk	ríjatok	ríjanak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	ríni		rínom	rínod	rínia	rínunk	rínotok	ríniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			rívás	rívó	rítt	―	ríva	ríhat

With its uncommon transitive forms:

conjugation of rí

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	rívok	rísz	rí	rívunk	rítok	rínak
		Def.	rívom	rívod	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
		2nd-p. o.	rílak	―
	Past	Indef.	ríttam	ríttál	rítt	ríttunk	ríttatok	ríttak
		Def.	ríttam	ríttad	rítta	ríttuk	ríttátok	rítták
		2nd-p. o.	ríttalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	rínék	rínál	rína	rínánk	rínátok	rínának
		Def.	rínám	rínád	ríná	rínánk (or rínók)	rínátok	rínák
		2nd-p. o.	rínálak	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	ríjak	ríj or ríjál	ríjon	ríjunk	ríjatok	ríjanak
		Def.	ríjam	rídd or ríjad	ríja	ríjuk	ríjátok	ríják
		2nd-p. o.	ríjalak	―
Infinitive	ríni		rínom	rínod	rínia	rínunk	rínotok	ríniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			rívás	rívó	rítt	rívandó	ríva	ríhat

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

sír-rí

(With verbal prefixes):

kirí
lerí

References[edit]

^ rí in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Anagrams[edit]

ír

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɾˠiː/

Noun[edit]

rí m (genitive singular rí, nominative plural ríthe)

king (male monarch)
king (in chess; in cards; in checkers/draughts)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

banríon

Derived terms[edit]

iníon rí (“princess”)
leasrí (“viceroy”)
mac rí (“prince”)
Rián (“Ryan”)
rímháistreacht (“virtuosity”)
ríocht (“kingdom”)
ríoga (“royal”)
ríshliocht (“dynasty”)
ríúil (“kingly”)
rí-ulchabhán (“eagle owl”)
Ruairí (“Rory”)
soitheach an rí (“cutter (boat)”)
uirrí (“tributary king”)

Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”), which is derived from *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun[edit]

rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

king
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
  Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.
  There was a wonderful king over the Leinstermen; Mac Dathó was his name.

Coordinate terms[edit]

rígan (“queen”)

Descendants[edit]

Irish: rí
Manx: ree
Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

IPA^(key): /r͈ʲiː/

Noun[edit]

rí m (genitive ríg, nominative plural ríg)

king
- 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. 85^d7
  amtis forbristi ind ríg, glosses principibus oppressis

Declension[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

ruiri

Coordinate terms[edit]

rígain (“queen”)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Middle Irish: rí
- Irish: rí
- Manx: ree
- Scottish Gaelic: rìgh

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín

rí

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